Ecclesiastes 7:17

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

Cross References (13)

  • Proverbs 10:27 (16)

    The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

  • Job 22:16 (11)

    They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

  • Psalms 55:23 (11)

    But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their

  • Acts 12:23 (10)

    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms an

  • Acts 5:10 (7)

    At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out an

  • Acts 5:5 (7)

    On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

  • Job 15:32–33 (6)

    It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

  • Genesis 38:7–10 (6)

    But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

  • 1 Samuel 25:38 (6)

    About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

  • James 1:21 (5)

    Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can

  • Ezekiel 16:20 (2)

    You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enou

  • Jeremiah 2:33–34 (2)

    How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

  • Ezekiel 8:17 (2)

    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they a