¹⁸ It is good that you should take hold of ^(A)this, and from ^(B)that ^(C)withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.

¹³ The end of the matter; all has been heard. ^(A)Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.^[a]

^42 (A)“But woe to you Pharisees! For ^(B)you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect ^(C)justice and ^(D)the love of God. ^(E)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

² But for you ^(A)who fear my name, ^(B)the sun ^(C)of righteousness shall rise ^(D)with healing in its wings. You shall go out ^(E)leaping like calves from the stall.

⁶ In the morning sow your seed, and at evening ^(A)withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

¹² Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and ^(A)prolongs his life, yet I know that ^(B)it will be well with ^(C)those who fear God, because they fear before him.

^40 (A)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. ^(B)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

¹⁴ I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; ^(A)nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.