Ecclesiastes 7:18 “It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand.…”

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

[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.

Bible in Basic English

It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.

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Cross references

“good”

Ecclesiastes 11:6 Luke 11:42 Proverbs 8:20 Proverbs 4:25–27

Ecclesiastes 11:6 · BSB

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

Luke 11:42 · BSB

Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

Proverbs 8:20 · BSB

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

Proverbs 4:25–27 · BSB

Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

“for”

Ecclesiastes 8:12 Ecclesiastes 12:13 Malachi 4:2 Luke 1:50 Psalm 25:12–14 Jeremiah 32:40

Ecclesiastes 8:12 · BSB

Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 · BSB

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

Malachi 4:2 · BSB

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Luke 1:50 · BSB

His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

Psalm 25:12–14 · BSB

Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.

Jeremiah 32:40 · BSB

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

Also

Ecclesiastes 3:14

Ecclesiastes 3:14 · BSB

I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.

Read Ecclesiastes 7