Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatever pleaseth him.
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In Context
2I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
4Where the word of a king is , there is power: and who may say to him, what doest thou?
Cross References
1 Kings 2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.
Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 30:31A greyhound; a he-goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Daniel 4:35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say to him, What doest thou?
Acts 5:8And Peter answered to her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And 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 →