Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
17Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
19Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
Cross References
Psalms 25:12If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.
Proverbs 4:25Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
Proverbs 12:21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.
Malachi 4:2But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →