Ecclesiastes 7:16

Tree of Life Version

Do not be overly righteous nor overly wise— why confound yourself?

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

Now the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a thing of lust for the eyes, and that the tree was desirable for imparting wisdom. So she took of its fruit and she ate. She also gave to her husband who was with her and he ate.

Job 11:12

But a witless man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being?

Job 28:28

And He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.”’

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Proverbs 25:16

When you find honey, eat just enough, lest you are stuffed and vomit it.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

Be warned my son of anything in addition to them: There is no end to the making of many books, and excessive study wearies the flesh.

Matthew 23:29

“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the tzaddikim.

Matthew 23:38

Look, your house is left to you desolate!

Matthew 23:5

All their works they do to be noticed by men. They make their tefillin wide and their tzitziyot long.

Matthew 9:14

Then John’s disciples came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

Luke 18:12

I fast twice a week and tithe on all that I get.’

Romans 10:2

For I testify about them that they have zeal for God—but not based on knowledge.

Romans 11:25

For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be ignorant of this mystery—lest you be wise in your own eyes—that a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

Romans 12:3

For through the grace given me, I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think—but to use sound judgment, as God has assigned to each person a measure of faith.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:20

And again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are useless.”

Philippians 3:6

as for zeal, persecuting Messiah’s community; as for Torah righteousness, found blameless.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one disqualify you by insisting on false humility and worship of angels—going into detail about what he has seen, puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind.

Colossians 2:23

Indeed, these are matters that have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and self-denial of the body—yet none are of any value for stopping indulgence of the flesh.

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid people to marry; they command people to abstain from foods that God created for the faithful to share with thanksgiving, having come to know the truth.

Revelation 18:19

And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, “Alas, alas, O great city— in her all who had ships at sea grew rich from her wealth! For in a single hour has she been ruined!