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

Have you found honey? Eat only what you need,
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, 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 bread.”

But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.

men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.

Neither

But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.

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

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An idiot will become intelligent

When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,

Cease from your consideration of it.

For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

Let no one keep

defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen,

inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

Destroy thyself

Behold, your house is being 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 who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’