Righteous over – much. — The caution is against morbid scrupulosity and over-rigorism. We may illustrate by the case of the Jews, who refused to defend themselves against their enemies on the Sabbath day. The next verse is a necessary corrective to this: “Yet be cautious how thou disregardest the restraints of Law.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:16
16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroyg thyself?