Ecclesiastes 7:18
[It is] good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
17Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
19The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
Cross References
Psalms 25:12Who [is] this — the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose.
Proverbs 4:25Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 12:21No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred [times], and prolonging [himself] for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13The end of the whole matter let us hear: — 'Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of man.
Malachi 4:2And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness — and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a 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 →