Ecclesiastes 8:2

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I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

My son, fear the LORD and the king: and associate not with them that are given to change:

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged you with?

And all the leaders, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

And has taken the king's descendant, and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath from him: he has also taken the mighty of the land:

Therefore you must be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience's sake.