don't be overrighteous
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kinda, yeah.
i am thinking, Solomon knows how to say 'don't think yourself more wise than you are, or more righteous than you are' - but he didn't say that. it's a natural inclination of ours to think, hey you can never be too righteous, you can never be too wise, so he must mean something other than what he literally says, and that looks to me like what the amplified verse you posted assumes.
some things about wisdom are clear from the text tho: in 7:23 he says he determined to be wise, but it was far from him. in 7:4, the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning. in 1:18, with much wisdom comes much sorrow. when a person gains wisdom, they see what a fool they themselves are, and understand the foolishness that pervades the whole world, and the vanity of human endeavor. this can make a person bitter, depressed, and joyless - as tho destroying yourself. the more wisdom you gain, the more you know yourself to be foolish - as this teacher, the wisest man ever to have lived, says 'it was far from me'
is righteousness similar? in becoming righteous, do we come to know how wicked we are? devoting ourselves to purity, come to see that 'it is far from us' and our eyes become in the same way more open to see how unrighteousness pervades the world, how imperfect we are too - producing grief, as though destroying ourselves?
and like pharisees, if our every thought is on pursuing righteousness in our lives, are we always looking at our hands, thinking about the right things to do with them, to the point that we do not look up to heaven because we are consumed with thoughts about our own works?
just thoughts -- but they aren't thoughts in line with what the amplified comments suggest.
i am thinking, Solomon knows how to say 'don't think yourself more wise than you are, or more righteous than you are' - but he didn't say that. it's a natural inclination of ours to think, hey you can never be too righteous, you can never be too wise, so he must mean something other than what he literally says, and that looks to me like what the amplified verse you posted assumes.
some things about wisdom are clear from the text tho: in 7:23 he says he determined to be wise, but it was far from him. in 7:4, the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning. in 1:18, with much wisdom comes much sorrow. when a person gains wisdom, they see what a fool they themselves are, and understand the foolishness that pervades the whole world, and the vanity of human endeavor. this can make a person bitter, depressed, and joyless - as tho destroying yourself. the more wisdom you gain, the more you know yourself to be foolish - as this teacher, the wisest man ever to have lived, says 'it was far from me'
is righteousness similar? in becoming righteous, do we come to know how wicked we are? devoting ourselves to purity, come to see that 'it is far from us' and our eyes become in the same way more open to see how unrighteousness pervades the world, how imperfect we are too - producing grief, as though destroying ourselves?
and like pharisees, if our every thought is on pursuing righteousness in our lives, are we always looking at our hands, thinking about the right things to do with them, to the point that we do not look up to heaven because we are consumed with thoughts about our own works?
just thoughts -- but they aren't thoughts in line with what the amplified comments suggest.
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SO....................why exactly do you incessantly ask folks questions?
Do YOU not believe what you said to me?
If God wants you to know, He will tell you..........therefore stop with the questions and possibly consider "adding to" a conversation in a positive manner with thoughts of your own. 3rd degree questioning is not "adding to."
We are called to "edify" the Church, not subject it to a 3rd degree line of questioning.
Sooner or later, you will be truthful and let me know what your last SN was...........you can try to fool me, BUT you can not fool God.
Do YOU not believe what you said to me?
If God wants you to know, He will tell you..........therefore stop with the questions and possibly consider "adding to" a conversation in a positive manner with thoughts of your own. 3rd degree questioning is not "adding to."
We are called to "edify" the Church, not subject it to a 3rd degree line of questioning.
Sooner or later, you will be truthful and let me know what your last SN was...........you can try to fool me, BUT you can not fool God.
I think this verse can apply to different ways of being overly righteous...
1) Where someone is trying so hard and messes up, and they are super hard on themselves
2) When one begins making all kinds of extra rules. An example may be someone who has to dress in an extremely modest fashion where it is way too hot in summertime to wear, or someone who won't watch or listen to anything secular, even regular new channels.
3) Another example is when someone is praying and they have a bad thought randomly pop in their mind. This happens to some people and some will spend much of their time praying asking forgiveness for a thought that just came out of nowhere. This is a behavior that people with a religious form of OCD may do.
These are just some of the ways one can be overly righteous. The passage is talking about having a balance and avoiding extremes.
1) Where someone is trying so hard and messes up, and they are super hard on themselves
2) When one begins making all kinds of extra rules. An example may be someone who has to dress in an extremely modest fashion where it is way too hot in summertime to wear, or someone who won't watch or listen to anything secular, even regular new channels.
3) Another example is when someone is praying and they have a bad thought randomly pop in their mind. This happens to some people and some will spend much of their time praying asking forgiveness for a thought that just came out of nowhere. This is a behavior that people with a religious form of OCD may do.
These are just some of the ways one can be overly righteous. The passage is talking about having a balance and avoiding extremes.
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And thank you for yours.......you have answered every one of my posts........ 
So, God spoke to you about me, and told you that you didn't have to tell me what your last SN was..........but that I had to answer your questions.......is that about right?
Does that apply to the others here you are questioning as well? Has God spoken to you about them? Did He speak to you about Posthuman?
You advise me to answer you in truth............you are the one God spoke to about me. Why did He not tell you? Maybe He doesn't want you to know, so I won't tell you either. If God wants you to know, He will tell you.
The Holy Spirit spoke to me about you.............can't tell you........it's a secret
So, God spoke to you about me, and told you that you didn't have to tell me what your last SN was..........but that I had to answer your questions.......is that about right?
Does that apply to the others here you are questioning as well? Has God spoken to you about them? Did He speak to you about Posthuman?
You advise me to answer you in truth............you are the one God spoke to about me. Why did He not tell you? Maybe He doesn't want you to know, so I won't tell you either. If God wants you to know, He will tell you.
The Holy Spirit spoke to me about you.............can't tell you........it's a secret
And thank you for yours.......you have answered every one of my posts........
So, God spoke to you about me, and told you that you didn't have to tell me what your last SN was..........but that I had to answer your questions.......is that about right?
Does that apply to the others here you are questioning as well? Has God spoken to you about them? Did He speak to you about Posthuman?
You advise me to answer you in truth............you are the one God spoke to about me. Why did He not tell you? Maybe He doesn't want you to know, so I won't tell you either. If God wants you to know, He will tell you.
The Holy Spirit spoke to me about you.............can't tell you........it's a secret
So, God spoke to you about me, and told you that you didn't have to tell me what your last SN was..........but that I had to answer your questions.......is that about right?
Does that apply to the others here you are questioning as well? Has God spoken to you about them? Did He speak to you about Posthuman?
You advise me to answer you in truth............you are the one God spoke to about me. Why did He not tell you? Maybe He doesn't want you to know, so I won't tell you either. If God wants you to know, He will tell you.
The Holy Spirit spoke to me about you.............can't tell you........it's a secret
