Ecclesiastes 7:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
16 In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction [a]consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man should find [b]nothing after him.
17 I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his [c]justice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.
18 Be not thou just [d]overmuch, neither make thyself overwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?
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- Ecclesiastes 7:16 Consider wherefore God doth send it and what may comfort thee.
- Ecclesiastes 7:16 That man should be able to control nothing in his works.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17 Meaning, that cruel tyrants put the godly to death and let the wicked go free.
- Ecclesiastes 7:18 Boast not too much of thine own justice and wisdom.
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