Ecclesiastes 8:3
Don't be quick to walk out on the king without thinking what you're doing, and don't get involved with those who plot against him, for the king can do what he pleases.
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2My advice is to do what the king says, since that's what you promised God.
4The king's orders have supreme authority—who is going to question him, saying, “What are you doing?”
Cross References
1 Kings 2:21“Please give Abishag from Shunem to your brother Adonijah as his wife,” she replied.
Proverbs 16:14An angry king can put you to death. If you're wise you'll try and calm him down.
Proverbs 30:31The strutting starling, the male goat, and a king with his army.
Isaiah 48:4I know how stubborn you are, with necks as unbending as iron and foreheads as hard as bronze.
Daniel 4:35Everyone who lives on earth is as nothing compared to him. He does whatever he chooses among the heavenly host and among those who live on earth. No one can hold him back from what he does, or ask him, “What are you doing?”
Acts 5:8Peter asked her, “Tell me, did you sell the land for this price?” “Yes, that was the price,” she replied.
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 →