Ecclesiastes 7:16
“Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Be not righteous over much,.... This is not meant of true and real righteousness, even moral righteousness, a man cannot…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ecclesiastes 7:15-17
The days of my vanity - This does not imply that those days of vanity were ended (see Ecc 1:12 note). The meaning may be…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 7:11-22
Solomon, in these verses, recommends wisdom to us as the best antidote against those distempers of mind which we are…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Be not righteous over much Here again we have a distinct reproduction of one of the current maxims of Greek thought,…
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