Ecclesiastes 7:16 - 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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:6

And so the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and beautiful to the eyes, and delightful to consider. And she took from its fruit, and she ate. And she gave to her husband, who ate.

Job 11:12

A vain man is lifted up in arrogance, and he thinks that he is born free like a wild ass's colt.

Job 28:28

And he said to man, "Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this is understanding."

Proverbs 23:4

Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.

Proverbs 25:16

You have discovered honey; eat what is sufficient for you, lest perhaps, being filled up, you may vomit it.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

You should require no more than this, my son. For there is no end to the making of many books. And excessive study is an affliction to the flesh.

Matthew 23:29

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites, who build the sepulchers of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just.

Matthew 23:38

Behold, your house shall be abandoned to you, having been deserted.

Matthew 23:5

Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.

Matthew 9:14

Then the disciples of John drew near to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples do not fast?"

Luke 18:12

I fast twice between Sabbaths. I give tithes from all that I possess.'

Romans 10:2

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

Romans 11:25

For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.

Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace that has been given to me, to all who are among you: Taste no more than it is necessary to taste, but taste unto sobriety and just as God has distributed a share of the faith to each one.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly wise.

1 Corinthians 3:20

And again: "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."

Philippians 3:6

according to zeal, I persecuted the Church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, I lived without blame.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one seduce you, preferring base things and a religion of Angels, walking according to what he has not seen, being vainly inflated by the sensations of his flesh,

Colossians 2:23

Such ideas have at least an intention to attain to wisdom, but through superstition and debasement, not sparing the body, and they are without any honor in satiating the flesh.

1 Timothy 4:3

prohibiting marriage, abstaining from foods, which God has created to be accepted with thanksgiving by the faithful and by those who have understood the truth.

Revelation 18:19

And they cast dust upon their heads. And they cried out, weeping and mourning, saying: 'Woe! Woe! to that great city, by which all who had ships at sea were made rich from her treasures. For she has been made desolate in one hour.