Ecclesiastes 7:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ [Although all have sinned] be not wicked overmuch or willfully, neither be foolish–why should you die before your time?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Don’t be too wicked and don’t be a fool, or you may die before your time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Do not try to be overly just, and do not try to be more wise than is necessary, lest you become stupid.

Ecclesiastes 7:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 6:20

When David returned home to bless his household,  Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. ‘How the king of Israel honoured himself today! ’ she said. ‘He exposed himself today in the sight of the slave girls of his subjects like a vulgar person would expose himself.’

Job 22:16

They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations  were washed away by a river.

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the  Lord prolongs life,  , but the years of the wicked are cut short.

Ezekiel 16:20

‘ “You even took your sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to these images as food.  Wasn’t your prostitution enough?

Ezekiel 8:17

And he said to me, ‘Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the detestable acts they are doing here, that they must also fill the land with violence  and repeatedly anger me,  even putting the branch to their nose?

Acts 12:23

At once an angel of the Lord  struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Acts 16:28

But Paul called out in a loud voice, ‘Don’t harm yourself, because we’re all here! ’

Acts 5:10

Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.

Acts 5:5

When he heard these words, Ananias dropped dead, and a great fear came on all who heard.

James 1:21

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent,  humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

1 Samuel 25:38

About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal dead.