King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 7:17
“Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 7
15
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.
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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 this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
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Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.
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