Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.
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In Context
2I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
4The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?
Cross References
1 Kings 2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.
Proverbs 16:14The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.
Proverbs 30:31The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.
Isaiah 48:4Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Daniel 4:35And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
Acts 5:8And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:2-6
The Excellence of Wisdom; The Duty of Subjects. 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. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the… Read the whole commentary →