Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoso keepeth the commandment will experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart knoweth both time and the just consequence.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4Because the word of a king is powerful; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?—
Cross References
Exodus 1:20And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Psalms 119:6Then would I not be made ashamed, while I look at all thy commandments.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man hath his eyes in his head, while the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself perceived then also that one occurrence will befall all of them.
Ecclesiastes 10:2The heart of a wise man is at his right hand; but the heart of a fool is at his left.
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 →