Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of the one; yea, also from the other withdraw not thy hand; for he that feareth God shall discharge himself of them all.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time?
19Wisdom is a stronghold to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
Cross References
Psalms 25:12What man is he that feareth the LORD? him will He instruct in the way that He should choose.
Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 12:21There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:12because a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and prolongeth his days — though yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before Him;
Ecclesiastes 12:13The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man.
Malachi 4:2(3-20) But unto you that fear My name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
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 →