Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that you should take hold of this wisdom, 2 and that you should not let go of righteousness. 1 For the person who fears God will meet all his obligations. + 7:18 Instead of will meet all his obligations , some modern versions have different interpretations of this difficult passage. 1
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In Context
17Do not be too wicked or foolish. 2 Why should you die before your time? 1
19Wisdom is powerful in the wise man, 2 more than ten rulers in a city. 1
Cross References
Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears Yahweh? 1 The Lord will instruct him in the way that he should choose. 1
Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look straight ahead 1 and fix your gaze straight before you. 1
Proverbs 12:21No ill comes on the righteous person, 1 but wicked people are filled with difficulties. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:12Even though a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives a long time, yet I know that it will be better for those who respect God, for those who stand before him and show him respect.
Ecclesiastes 12:13The end of the matter 2 after everything has been heard, 1 is that you must fear God and keep his commandments, 2 for this is the whole duty of mankind. 1
Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and you will 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 →