Ecclesiastes 7:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ Don’t be excessively righteous, and don’t be overly wise.  Why should you destroy yourself?

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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.

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.

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.

Ecclesiastes 7:16 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Job 11:12

But a stupid person will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!

Job 28:28

He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord #– #that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.’

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; because you know better, stop!

Proverbs 25:16

If you find honey,  eat only what you need; otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

But beyond these, my son, be warned: there is no end to the making of many books,  and much study wearies the body.

Matthew 23:29

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,

Matthew 23:38

See, your house is left to you desolate.

Matthew 23:5

They do everything   to be seen by others: They enlarge their phylacteries   and lengthen their tassels.   ,

Matthew 9:14

Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast? ’

Luke 18:12

I fast   twice a week; I give a tenth   , of everything I get.”

Romans 10:2

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God,  but not according to knowledge.

Romans 11:25

I don’t want you to be ignorant  of this mystery,  brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited:  A partial hardening has come upon Israel  until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:3

For by the grace  given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think.  Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith  to each one.

1 Corinthians 3:18

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

1 Corinthians 3:20

and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings   of the wise are futile.   ,

Philippians 3:6

regarding zeal,  persecuting  the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law,  blameless.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one condemn  you  by delighting in ascetic practices  and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such a person is inflated  by empty notions of his unspiritual  mind.

Colossians 2:23

Although these have a reputation for wisdom  by promoting self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.  ,

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage  and demand abstinence  from foods that God created  to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

Revelation 18:19

They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning, Woe, woe, the great city, where all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her wealth; for in a single hour she was destroyed.