Ecclesiastes 7:17 KJV
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Ecclesiastes 7:17, King James Version
In context
16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
18 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.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 10:27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
- Job 22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
- Psalms 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Acts 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.