Key Verse Spotlight
Ecclesiastes 7:18 — Meaning and Application
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.”
Ecclesiastes 7:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? {destroy...: Heb. be desolate?}
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? {before...: Heb. not in thy time?}
{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.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty {men} which are in the city.
For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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