Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that thou shouldst take hold of this; yea, also, from that withdraw not thy hand. For he that feareth God shall escape all those things.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17Be not overmuch wicked; neither be thou a fool! Why shouldst thou die before thy time?
19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men who are in the city.
Cross References
Psalms 25:12Who is the man that feareth the LORD? Him doth he show the way which he should choose.
Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look straight forward, And thine eyelids be directed before thee.
Proverbs 12:21No evil shall happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with calamity.
Ecclesiastes 8:12But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and have his days prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us hear the end of the whole discourse! Fear God and keep his commandments! For this is the duty of every man.
Malachi 4:2But for you that fear my name Shall the sun of salvation arise With healing under his wings. And ye shall go forth and leap for joy, Like 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 →