Ecclesiastes 8:5
Those who follow his commands will not be involved in doing evil. Wise people think, recognizing there's a right time, and a right way.
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4The king's orders have supreme authority—who is going to question him, saying, “What are you doing?”
6For there's a right time and a right way for everything, even when things are going badly for you.
Cross References
Exodus 1:20God treated the midwives well, and the people increased in number so there were even more of them.
Psalms 119:6Then I won't be ashamed when I compare what I do to what you have said.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise see where they're going, but fools walk in darkness. But I also realized that they all come to the same end.
Ecclesiastes 10:2The mind of the wise person chooses the right side, but the mind of the fool goes left!
Luke 12:56You hypocrites, how is it that you know how to rightly interpret the weather but you don't know how to interpret the present time?
Acts 4:19But Peter and John responded, “Whether it's right in God's eyes to obey you rather than God—you decide.
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 →