Ecclesiastes 7:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?”
צַדִּיק
The blessed man is not the one who has never fallen — it is the one who knows where not to stand, not to walk, not to sit. Righteousness in the Psalms is relational — it is being in right standing with God, walking in step with Him, rooted in His word like a tree by water.
הָיָה
you be
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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שָׁמֵם
will you destroy yourself
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שָׁמֵם
will you destroy yourself
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
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יוֹתֵר
excess
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יוֹתֵר
properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction
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רָבָה
greatly
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רָבָה
to increase (in whatever respect)
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חָכַם
you make yourself wise
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חָכַם
to be wise (in mind, word or act)
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