Ecclesiastes 7:16 - Revised Version 1885

¹⁶ Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Be not [morbidly exacting and externally] righteous overmuch, neither strive to make yourself [pretentiously appear] overwise–why should you [get puffed up and] destroy yourself [with presumptuous self-sufficiency]?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Don’t be too righteous or too wise, or you may be dumbfounded.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ I also saw this, in the days of my vanity: a just man perishing in his justice, and an impious man living a long time in his malice.

Ecclesiastes 7:16 Referencias Cruzadas

Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

Proverbs 25:16

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee; Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Colossians 2:18

Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Colossians 2:23

Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

Luke 18:12

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

Proverbs 23:4

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

1 Timothy 4:3

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

Philippians 3:6

as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

1 Corinthians 3:20

and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.

Romans 11:25

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

Matthew 9:14

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

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 11:12

But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt

Revelation 18:19

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

Romans 10:2

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

Matthew 23:38

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

Matthew 23:29

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

Matthew 23:5

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,