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NASB | Ecclesiastes 7:16 Do not be excessively righteous and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ecclesiastes 7:16 Do not be excessively righteous [like those given to self-conceit], and do not be overly wise (pretentious)--why should you bring yourself to ruin? |
Subject: Don't be too righteous; nor too wicked? |
Bible Note: Greetings JustReadMark! I think that you have hit the nail on the head. Ecclesiastes contains many statements which are a man's attempts to understand life, and which are not necessarily true. Solomon struggles with many things. The one being mentioned in this passage is that both the righteous and the wicked die. But, when Solomon reaches the conclusion of his book, he says: Ecc. 12:13 - "Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil." So, no matter what Solomon may have thought about righteous living from his human perspective, his final conclusion was that we must obey God. So, I would not take Ecc. 7:16 as a command for us not to be holy. Further, we must always let the clear statements of Scripture interpret the less clear. The clear statements of Scripture specify that we are to be holy. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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