“Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?”
Ecclesiastes 7:17 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 7:17
From Ecclesiastes 7, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.