Ecclesiastes 8:5

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Ecclesiastes 8:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

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Ecclesiastes 8:2

Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Exodus 1:17

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:20

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

Exodus 1:21

And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

Psalms 119:6

Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

Luke 20:25

So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Romans 13:5

Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.

Romans 13:6

This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

Romans 13:7

Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

1 Peter 3:13

Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

1 Chronicles 12:32

From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Luke 12:56

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

Luke 12:57

And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:15

The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

Philippians 1:9

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

Philippians 1:10

so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.