Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
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- Proverbs 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
- Job 22:16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
- Psalm 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.