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

Obey the king's command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.

But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.

Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.

So he said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

But Peter and John replied, "Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.

Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities but also because of your conscience.

For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

A wise

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

A wise person's good sense protects him, but a fool's lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.

From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command -- they understood the times and knew what Israel should do.

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.