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?

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

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 by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. (niv)

I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ (niv)

If you find honey, eat just enough— too much of it, and you will vomit. (niv)

as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. (niv)

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.Such“ wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. (niv)

Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become“ fools” so that you may become wise. (niv)

and again,“ The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.” (niv)

They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:“‘ Woe! Woe to you, great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’ (niv)

But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human. (niv)

Look, your house is left to you desolate. (niv)

“ Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; (niv)

Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. (niv)

“ Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices— mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law— justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. (niv)

They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. (niv)

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. (niv)

Then John’s disciples came and asked him,“ How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?” (niv)

Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. (niv)

I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, (niv)

For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. (niv)

“ Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.“ So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.“ And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. (niv)

And he said to the human race,“ The fear of the Lord— that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” (niv)

“ Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”Jesus replied,“ And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?For God said,‘ Honor your father and mother’ and‘ Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is‘ devoted to God,’they are not to‘ honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:“‘ These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’” (niv)

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. (niv)

“ Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. (niv)

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. (niv)