Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
Cross References
Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Proverbs 12:21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from 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 →