Ecclesiastes 7:16

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 7:16

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Be not

Neither

Destroy thyself

Matthew 23:38

Revelation 18:19

Bible References

Be not

[If] you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.

"And take care not to practice your righteousness before people to be seen by them; {otherwise} you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Then the disciples of John approached him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

And they do all their deeds in order to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries broad and make their tassels long.

I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all that I get.'

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless.

who forbid marrying [and insist on] abstaining from foods that God created for sharing in with thankfulness by those who believe and who know the truth,

Neither

My son, be careful {about anything beyond these things}. For the writing of books is endless, and too much study {is wearisome}.

When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.

But {an empty-headed person} will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born [as] a human being.

And to the human beings he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord [is] wisdom, and to depart from evil [is] understanding.'"

Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist

For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise {in your own sight}, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think {sensibly}, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks [himself] to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise.

Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail [about] [the things] which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.

Destroy thyself

Behold, your house has been left to you desolate

And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, "Woe, woe, the great city, in which all those who had ships on the sea became rich from her prosperity, because in one hour she has been laid waste!"