Ecclesiastes 7:18 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ It is good that you should take hold of the one, without letting go of the other; for the one who fears God shall succeed with both.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ It is good that you should take hold of this and from that withdraw not your hand; for he who [reverently] fears and worships God will come forth from them all.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ It’s good that you take hold of one of these without letting go of the other because the one who fears God will go forth with both.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Do not act with great impiety, and do not choose to be foolish, lest you die before your time.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

Ecclesiastes 7:18 Cross References

Proverbs 12:21

No harm happens to the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

Proverbs 8:20

I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hands be idle; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has done this, so that all should stand in awe before him.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

With many dreams come vanities and a multitude of words; but fear God.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though sinners do evil a hundred times and prolong their lives, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they stand in fear before him,

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

Jeremiah 32:40

I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to draw back from doing good to them; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they may not turn from me.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

Luke 1:50

His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

Luke 11:42

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others.