Ecclesiastes 7:17

New American Bible - revised edition

Be not wicked to excess, and be not foolish. Why should you die before your time?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:20

When David went home to bless his own house, Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet him and said, “How well the king of Israel has honored himself today, exposing himself to the view of the slave girls of his followers, as a commoner might expose himself!”

Job 22:16

They were snatched before their time; their foundations a river swept away.

Psalm 55:23

Cast your care upon the Lord, who will give you support. He will never allow the righteous to stumble.

Proverbs 10:27

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

Ezekiel 16:20

The sons and daughters you bore for me you took and offered as sacrifices for them to devour! Was it not enough that you had become a prostitute?

Ezekiel 8:17

He said: Do you see, son of man? Are the abominable things the house of Judah has done here so slight that they should also fill the land with violence, provoking me again and again? Now they are putting the branch to my nose!

Acts 12:23

At once the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not ascribe the honor to God, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

Acts 16:28

But Paul shouted out in a loud voice, “Do no harm to yourself; we are all here.”

Acts 5:10

At once, she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men entered they found her dead, so they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Acts 5:5

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last, and great fear came upon all who heard of it.

James 1:21

Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.

1 Samuel 25:38

About ten days later the Lord struck Nabal and he died.