Ecclesiastes 7:18

טוֹב אֲשֶׁר תֶּאֱחֹז בָּזֶה וְגַם ־ מִזֶּה אַל ־ תַּנַּח אֶת ־ יָדֶךָ כִּֽי ־ יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים יֵצֵא אֶת ־ כֻּלָּֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

17אַל ־ תִּרְשַׁע הַרְבֵּה וְאַל ־ תְּהִי סָכָל לָמָּה תָמוּת בְּלֹא עִתֶּֽךָ ׃

19הַֽחָכְמָה תָּעֹז לֶחָכָם מֵֽעֲשָׂרָה שַׁלִּיטִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בָּעִֽיר ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 25:12מִי ־ זֶה הָאִישׁ יְרֵא יְהוָה יוֹרֶנּוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ יִבְחָֽר ׃

Proverbs 4:25עֵינֶיךָ לְנֹכַח יַבִּיטוּ וְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ ׃

Proverbs 12:21לֹא ־ יְאֻנֶּה לַצַּדִּיק כָּל ־ אָוֶן וּרְשָׁעִים מָלְאוּ רָֽע ׃

Ecclesiastes 8:12אֲשֶׁר חֹטֶא עֹשֶׂה רָע מְאַת וּמַאֲרִיךְ לוֹ כִּי גַּם ־ יוֹדֵעַ אָנִי אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה ־ טּוֹב לְיִרְאֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יִֽירְאוּ מִלְּפָנָֽיו ׃

Ecclesiastes 12:13סוֹף דָּבָר הַכֹּל נִשְׁמָע אֶת ־ הָאֱלֹהִים יְרָא וְאֶת ־ מִצְוֺתָיו שְׁמוֹר כִּי ־ זֶה כָּל ־ הָאָדָֽם ׃

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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