Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
KJV
Hæc quoque vidi in diebus vanitatis meæ : justus perit in justitia sua, et impius multo vivit tempore in malitia sua.
Vulgate
Τὰ πάντα εἶδον ἐν ἡμέραις ματαιότητός μου· ἔστιν δίκαιος ἀπολλύμενος ἐν δικαίῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔστιν ἀσεβὴς μένων ἐν κακίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
ASV
אַל תְּהִ֤י צַדִּיק֙ הַרְבֵּ֔ה וְ/אַל תִּתְחַכַּ֖ם יוֹתֵ֑ר לָ֖/מָּה תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֶחְכַּם
ychkm
verb · 28×
יוֹתֵ֑ר
yvtr
noun · 8×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙
nshmv
verb · 86×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
- 1Cor 3:20 — And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
- 1Tim 4:3 — Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
- Col 2:18 — Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
- Col 2:23 — Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
- Eccl 1:18 — For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
- Eccl 12:12 — And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
- Gen 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto
- Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
- Job 11:12 — For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
- Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- Luke 18:12 — I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
- Matt 6:1 — Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
- Matt 9:14 — Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
- Matt 15:2 — Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
- Matt 23:5 — But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
- Matt 23:23 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have do
- Matt 23:29 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
- Matt 23:38 — Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
- Phil 3:6 — Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
- Prov 23:4 — Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
- Prov 25:16 — Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
- Rev 18:19 — And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hou
- Rom 10:2 — For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- Rom 11:25 — For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be c
- Rom 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man t
- Rom 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man t