Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that thou shouldst take hold of that, and that also from this thou withdraw not thy hand; for he that feareth God will come forth out of them all.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
17Be not wicked over much, and be no fool: why wouldst thou die before thy time?
19Wisdom giveth more strength to the wise than ten rulers which were in the city.
Cross References
Psalms 25:12Who is that man that feareth the Lord? to him will he point out the way which he is to choose?
Proverbs 4:25Let thy eyes look right forward, and let thy eyelids see straight out before thee.
Proverbs 12:21No wrong can come unawares to the righteous; but the wicked are full of evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:12But let a sinner do evil a hundred times, and [God] withhold long his punishment from him; still do I truly know for certain that it will be well with those that fear God, because they are afraid of him;
Ecclesiastes 12:13The end of the matter is, let us hear the whole: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole [duty of] man.
Malachi 4:2(3:20) But there shall rise unto you that fear my name the sun of righteousness with healing in his wings: and ye will go forth, and grow fat 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 →