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

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

20 It is good that thou lay hold on [c]this: but yet withdraw not thine hand from [d]that: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:18 Boast not too much of thine own justice and wisdom.
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:19 Tarry not long when thou art admonished to come out of the way of wickedness.
  3. Ecclesiastes 7:20 To wit, on these admonitions that go before.
  4. Ecclesiastes 7:20 Consider what desolation and destruction shall come, if thou do not obey them.

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