Ecclesiastes 7:17
“Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?”
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
Related Verses
“Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?”
“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.”
“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
“The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.”
“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.”