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Ecclesiastes 7:17

American Standard Version

Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

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Ecclesiastes 7:17 in other translations

Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

Ecclesiastes 7:17 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:17 in context

  1. 15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.
  2. 16Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
  3. 17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
  4. 18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.
  5. 19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.