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

James 3:13

Destroy thyself

Matthew 23:38

Revelation 18:19

Bible References

Be not

But take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

And all their works they do to be observed by men. They make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge their fringes,

I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I gain.

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

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, blameless.

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those who believe and know the truth.

Neither

For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness hath to some extent come upon Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles shall have come in.

For through the grace given to me I warn every one among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God hath imparted to each.

Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Let no one defraud you of the prize, desiring to do it in humiliation and worshipping of the angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his own flesh,

Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you P let him show out of a good course of conduct his works in meekness of wisdom.

Destroy thyself

Lo! your house is left to you desolate.

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying: Alas, alas, the great city, whereby were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her wealth! for in one hour she is made desolate.