Ecclesiastes 8:5

Obedience To The King

⁴ For the king’s word is authoritative, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?” ⁵ The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. ⁶ For every activity there is a right time and procedure, even though man’s troubles are heavy on him.

Wise in Heart

Wise Man

No

Exodus 1:17

The Hebrew midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:20-21

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

1 Chronicles 12:32

From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.

Psalm 119:6

Then I would not be ashamed
when I think about all Your commands.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.

Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Keep the king’s command because of your oath made before God.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

A wise man’s heart goes to the right,
but a fool’s heart to the left.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
for he is determined to follow what is worthless.

Luke 12:56-57

Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this time?

Luke 20:25

“Well then,” He told them, “give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Romans 13:5-7

Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience.

1 Corinthians 2:14-15

But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.

Philippians 1:9-10

And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,

Colossians 1:9

For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.

1 Peter 3:13-14

And who will harm you if you are deeply committed to what is good?