Ecclesiastes 8:3
Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
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In Context
2I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.
4for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Cross References
1 Kings 2:21She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
Proverbs 16:14The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 30:31the greyhound; the male goat; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;
Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”
Acts 5:8Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” She said, “Yes, for so much.”
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 →