Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
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Jeremiah 2:33, 34
How skillfully you pursue love; even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways. . . .

Ezekiel 8:17
And He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

Ezekiel 16:20
You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

James 1:21
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly receive the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

why

Genesis 38:7-10
But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD's sight; so the LORD put him to death. . . .

1 Samuel 25:38
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

Job 15:32, 33
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish. . . .

Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be shortened.

Acts 5:5, 10
On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened. . . .

Acts 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

King James Bible
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't be excessively wicked, and don't be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

International Standard Version
Do not excel at wickedness, nor be a fool. Why die before your time?

NET Bible
Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.
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