Ecclesiastes 8:1-9
Obey the King

1 Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

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2 I [counsel thee] to keep the king’s commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.

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3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

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4 Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

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5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

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6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him.

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7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

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8 [There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

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9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

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