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Ecclesiastes 7:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

Ecclesiastes 7:18

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16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

17 Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

18 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.

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

20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

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