Overwise
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(a.) Too wise; affectedly wise.
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A Preservative against Unsettled Notions, and Want of Principles ...
... a desponding, ignorant, indolent liver (resident), says to the man of righteousness:
"Be not righteous over-much, neither make thyself overwise: Why shouldest ...
/.../a preservative against unsettled notions.htm

He did Wrong, when Mentioning the Doctrines of Salvation, in ...
... ignorance that he wanders off into these conceptions, being one who, in the many
displays he makes, claims to be wise, even "making himself overwise," as the ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 14 he did wrong.htm

The Folly of Slander. Part 1.
... You are so jealous and suspicious, as persons overwise or guilty use to be." So
meaneth this serpent out of the hedge securely and unavoidably to bite his ...
/.../barrow/sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/the folly of slander part.htm

Hidden Manna
... If I own my Savior's name, it is Christ's business to keep me; but if I am so overwise
that I think I am safer in the path of disobedience, then I cannot ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/hidden manna.htm

Book I.
... question: [5251] "Look not into things above thee, and search not things too mighty
for thee." And elsewhere, [5252] "Make not thyself overwise, and argue not ...
//christianbookshelf.org/jerome/the principal works of st jerome/book i.htm

Doctrinal and Moral Treatises. Index of Subjects.
On Care to Be Had for the Dead. . ...
/.../on care to be had for the dead /doctrinal and moral treatises index.htm

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Overwise (1 Occurrence)
...Overwise (1 Occurrence). Ecclesiastes 7:16 Be not righteous overmuch; neither
make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? ...
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Overmuch (16 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Ecclesiastes 7:16 Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise:
why shouldest thou destroy thyself? (See JPS ASV BBE DBY RSV). ...
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Over-wise (1 Occurrence)
Over-wise. Overwise, Over-wise. Owe . Multi-Version Concordance Over-wise
(1 Occurrence). ... (BBE). Overwise, Over-wise. Owe . Reference Bible.
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Overwhelms (5 Occurrences)

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Resources
What does it mean to be overrighteous and overwise (Ecclesiastes 7:16)? | GotQuestions.org

Questions about Ecclesiastes | GotQuestions.org

How is sorrow better than laughter (Ecclesiastes 7:3)? | GotQuestions.org

Overwise: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Overwise (1 Occurrence)

Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
(See JPS ASV DBY RSV NIV)

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