Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

不要行义过分，也不要过于自逞智慧，何必自取败亡呢？

不要行义过分，也不要过于自逞智慧，何必自取败亡呢？

不要行义过分，也不要过于自逞智慧，何必自取败亡呢？

为人不要过分正直，也不要过于聪明，何必自取毁灭呢？

不要过分公义，也不要太过有智慧，何必自取灭亡呢？

不要过于自我为义，也不要过于自逞智慧，你为什么要自取灭亡呢？

不要行義過分，也不要過於自逞智慧，何必自取敗亡呢？

不要行義過分，也不要過於自逞智慧，何必自取敗亡呢？

不要行義過分，也不要過於自逞智慧，何必自取敗亡呢？

為人不要過分正直，也不要過於聰明，何必自取毀滅呢？

不要過分公義，也不要太過有智慧，何必自取滅亡呢？

你行義不要過度；顯智慧不要過分；為甚麼要自取敗亡呢？

不要過於自我為義，也不要過於自逞智慧，你為什麼要自取滅亡呢？

勿過於義、勿過於智、何為自取敗亡耶、

爾勿以為義過乎主、智超乎主、而自取其戾。

爾勿自以為甚義、勿自以為甚智、恐自取敗亡、

Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise— why destroy yourself?

Don’t claim to be better than you are. And don’t claim to be wiser than you are. Why destroy yourself?

Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

So don’t be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself?

Don’t be excessively righteous, and don’t be overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Do not be excessively righteous, and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself?

Do not be overly righteous, Nor be overly wise: Why should you destroy yourself?

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Don’t be excessively righteous, and don’t be overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think[ of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

Who[ is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.This wisdom descendeth not from above, but[ is] earthly, sensual, devilish.For where envying and strife[ is], there[ is] confusion and every evil work.But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,[ and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

For vain man would be wise, though man be born[ like] a wild ass’s colt.

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier[ matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.[ Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Forbidding to marry,[ and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books[ there is] no end; and much study[ is] a weariness of the flesh.

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.Therefore when thou doest[ thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites[ are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen[ do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that[ is] wisdom; and to depart from evil[ is] understanding.

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.But ye say, Whosoever shall say to[ his] father or[ his] mother,[ It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;And honour not his father or his mother,[ he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.[ Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with[ their] lips; but their heart is far from me.But in vain they do worship me, teaching[ for] doctrines the commandments of men.

And when the woman saw that the tree[ was] good for food, and that it[ was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make[ one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,