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

Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.

Then John's disciples came to Jesus, and asked: "Why do we and the Pharisees fast while your disciples do not?"

"How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food."

All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,

I fast twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.'

I can testify that they are zealous for the honor of God; but they are not guided by true insight,

As to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.

and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the Faith and have attained a full knowledge of the Truth.

Neither

Brothers, for fear that you should think too highly of yourselves, I want you to recognize the truth, hitherto hidden, that the callousness which has come over Israel is only partial, and will continue only till the whole Gentile world has been gathered in.

In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I bid every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think till he learns to think soberly--in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, he is a wise man, let him become a 'fool,' that he may become wise.

Do not let any one defraud you of the reality by affecting delight in so-called 'humility' and angel-worship. Such a man busies himself with his visions, and without reason is rendered conceited by his merely human intellect.

Who among you claims to be wise and intelligent? Let him show that his actions are the outcome of a good life lived in the humility of true wisdom.

Destroy thyself

Verily, your house is left to you desolate!

They threw dust on their heads, and, as they wept and wailed, they cried-- 'Alas! Alas! Great City! All who have ships on the sea grew rich through her magnificence. In a single hour it has vanished.'