Ecclesiastes 7:18

Ecclesiastes chapter 7 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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.

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

v.18This passage

v.19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
Luke 11:42
But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke 1:50
And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.