Ecclesiastes 7:16
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
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be not

Proverbs 25:16
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

Matthew 6:1-7
Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. . . .

Matthew 9:14
At that time, John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?"

Matthew 15:2
"Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands when they eat."

Matthew 23:5, 23, 24, 29
All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. . . .

Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I receive.'

Romans 10:2
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the Law, faultless.

1 Timothy 4:3
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

neither

Ecclesiastes 12:12
But beyond these, my son, be warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate it.

Job 11:12
But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

Job 28:28
And He said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

Proverbs 23:4
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Romans 11:25
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:3
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

1 Corinthians 3:18, 20
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. . . .

Colossians 2:18, 23
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a man is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind, . . .

James 3:13-17
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. . . .

destroy thyself

Matthew 23:38
Look, your house is left to you desolate.

Revelation 18:19
Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: "Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed."

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Do not be excessively righteous and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself?

King James Bible
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't be excessively righteous, and don't be overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

International Standard Version
Do not be overly righteous, nor be overly wise. Why be self-destructive?

NET Bible
So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.
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