Ecclesiastes 7:18

Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest you should die before your time.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

In Context

17Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest you be confounded.

19It is well for you to hold fast by this; also by this defile not your hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth well.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:12My foot stands in + 25:12 Gr. in evenness or uprightness. an even place: in the congregations will I bless you, O Lord.

Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids assent to just things.

Proverbs 12:21No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief.

Ecclesiastes 8:12He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him:

Ecclesiastes 12:13Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.

Malachi 4:2But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing shall be in his wings: and you⌃ shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.

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 →

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