Ecclesiastes 8:5

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 8:5

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Keepeth

A wise

Bible References

Keepeth

I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that for the sake of your oath to God.

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

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

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after a human commandment.

And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things which are God's.

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge you.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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

And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?

A wise

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one fate happens to them all.

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

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

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

You hypocrites, you can discern the appearance of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?

But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

But solid food belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.