Ecclesiastes 7:18

Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?

Geneva Bible 1599

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

17I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

19Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?

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Cross References

Psalms 25:12What man is he that feareth the Lord? him wil he teache the way that hee shall chuse.

Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.

Proverbs 12:21There shall none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill.

Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.

Ecclesiastes 12:13Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man.

Malachi 4:2But vnto you that feare my Name, shall the sunne of righteousnesse arise, and health shall be vnder his wings, and ye shall goe forth, and growe vp as fat calues.

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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