17 I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his [a]justice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

18 Be not thou just [b]overmuch, neither make thyself overwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?

19 Be not thou wicked [c]overmuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:17 Meaning, that cruel tyrants put the godly to death and let the wicked go free.
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:18 Boast not too much of thine own justice and wisdom.
  3. Ecclesiastes 7:19 Tarry not long when thou art admonished to come out of the way of wickedness.

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