Ecclesiastes 7:18

New American Bible - revised edition

It is good to hold to this rule, and not to let that one go; but the one who fears God will succeed with both.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:21

No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are overwhelmed with misfortune.

Proverbs 8:20

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

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hand be idle: For you do not know which of the two will be successful, or whether both alike will turn out well. Poem on Youth and Old Age.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this concerns all humankind;

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I recognized that whatever God does will endure forever; there is no adding to it, or taking from it. Thus has God done that he may be revered.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

If you see oppression of the poor, and violation of rights and justice in the realm, do not be astonished by the fact, for the high official has another higher than he watching him and above these are others higher still—.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

because the sinner does evil a hundred times and survives. Though indeed I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, for their reverence toward him;

Ecclesiastes 8:13

and that it shall not be well with the wicked, who shall not prolong their shadowy days, for their lack of reverence toward God.

Jeremiah 32:40

With them I will make an everlasting covenant, never to cease doing good to them; I will put fear of me in their hearts so that they never turn away from me.

Luke 1:50

His mercy is from age to age to those who fear him.

Luke 11:42

Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others.