Be not overly righteous; neither make yourself overly wise: why should you destroy yourself?
All Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7:16 Go To Ecclesiastes 7
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Vanity, during this miserable life.
Wickedness. This seemed more incongruous under the old law, when long life was promised to the just, (Calmet; Psalm lxxii. 3., and Exodus xx. 12.) though it chiefly regarded heaven. (Haydock)