Verse 17
Ecclesiastes 7:17
English Revised Version
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Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַל תִּרְשַׁ֥ע הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְ/אַל תְּהִ֣י סָכָ֑ל לָ֥/מָּה תָמ֖וּת בְּ/לֹ֥א עִתֶּֽ/ךָ
English Translation
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool; why should you die before your time?
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Chapter 7 Context
1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
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2
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the en...
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3
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
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4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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7
Surely extortion maketh a wise man foolish; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than th...
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9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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10
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inqui...
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11
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance: yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
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12
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom...
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13
Consider the work of God (Elohim): for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
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14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God (Elohim) hath even mad...
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All this have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righte...
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Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
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Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thine hand: for h...
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Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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20
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
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21
All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
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I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of...
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And I find a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her ha...
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Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher; laying one thing to another, to find out the account:
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which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woma...
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Behold, this only have I found, that God (Elohim) made man upright; but they have sought out many in...
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