Ecclesiastes 7:17 Cross References - ACV

¹⁷ Do not much wrong, nor be thou a fool. Why should thou die before thy time?

⁷ And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of LORD, and LORD killed him. ⁸ And Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to thy brother. ⁹ And Onan knew that the seed would not be his. And it came to pass, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. ¹⁰ And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of LORD, and he killed him also.

³⁸ And it came to pass about ten days after, that LORD smote Nabal, so that he died.

³² It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. ³³ He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.

¹⁶ Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

²³ But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.

²⁷ The fear of LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

³³ How thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore even the wicked women thou have taught thy ways. ³⁴ Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor. Thou did not find them breaking in. But it is because of all these things.

¹⁷ Then he said to me, Have thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger. And, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

²⁰ Moreover thou have taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou have borne to me, and thou have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

⁵ And Ananias hearing these words, after falling down he expired. And great fear developed in all who heard these things.

¹⁰ And immediately she fell down at his feet and expired. And after coming in the young men found her dead, and having carried her out, they buried her by her husband.

²³ And immediately an agent of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And after becoming worm-eaten, he expired.

²¹ Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.