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 heed that ye practise not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

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

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?

But all their works they do, to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and inlarge the fringes of their garments.

I fast twice in the week: I give tythes of all that I possess.

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

persecuting the church, touching the righteousness, which is by the law, blameless.

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

Neither

Brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits) that hardness is in part happened to Israel, till the fulness of the Gentiles be come in:

And I say, through the grace which is given to me, to every one that is among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to think, but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God hath distributed to every one.

Let none deceive himself: if any one among you thinketh himself to be wise, let him become a fool in this world, that he may become wise.

Let none defraud you of your reward by a voluntary humility and worship of angels, intruding into the things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Who is a wise and knowing man among you? Let him shew by a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Destroy thyself

Behold your house is left unto you desolate.

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