Ecclesiastes 7:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't die before your time by being too evil or acting like a fool.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:20

David went home so he could ask the LORD to bless his family. But Saul's daughter Michal went out and started yelling at him. “You were really great today!” she said. “You acted like a dirty old man, dancing around half-naked in front of your servants' slave-girls.”

Job 22:16

who were swept away without warning.

Psalm 55:23

But what about those people who are cruel and brutal? You will throw them down into the deepest pit long before their time. I trust you, LORD!

Proverbs 10:27

If you respect the LORD, you will live longer; if you keep doing wrong, your life will be cut short.

Ezekiel 16:20

But you did something even worse than that—you sacrificed your own children to those idols!

Ezekiel 8:17

God said, “Ezekiel, it's bad enough that the people of Judah are doing these disgusting things. But they have also spread violence and injustice everywhere in Israel and have made me very angry. They have disgraced and insulted me in the worst possible way.

Acts 12:23

At once an angel from the Lord struck him down because he took the honour that belonged to God. Later, Herod was eaten by worms and died.

Acts 16:28

But Paul shouted, “Don't harm yourself! No one has escaped.”

Acts 5:10

At once she fell at Peter's feet and died. When the young men came back in, they found Sapphira lying there dead. So they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Acts 5:5

As soon as Ananias heard this, he dropped dead, and everyone who heard about it was frightened.

James 1:21

You must stop doing anything immoral or evil. Instead be humble and accept the message that is planted in you to save you.

1 Samuel 25:38

Ten days later, the LORD took his life.