Ecclesiastes 8:5

Obedience To The King

⁴ because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou? ⁵ Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner. ⁶ For to every purpose there is time and manner. For the misery of man is great upon him;

Wise in Heart

Wise Man

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Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

Exodus 1:20-21

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

1 Chronicles 12:32

And of the children of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their bidding.

Psalm 119:6

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I say, Keep the king's commandment, and that on account of the oath of God.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

The heart of a wise man is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment of man.

Luke 12:56-57

Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how is it then that ye do not discern this time?

Luke 20:25

And he said to them, Pay therefore what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

Acts 5:29

But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

Romans 13:5-7

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.

1 Corinthians 2:14-15

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned;

Philippians 1:9-10

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, from the day we heard of your faith and love, do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Hebrews 5:14

but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.

1 Peter 3:13-14

And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which is good?