Ecclesiastes 8:5

Obedience To The King

⁴ The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing? ⁵ Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision. ⁶ For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.

Wise in Heart

Wise Man

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Exodus 1:17

But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

Exodus 1:20-21

And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

1 Chronicles 12:32

And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.

Psalm 119:6

Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.

Luke 12:56-57

O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

Luke 20:25

And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

Romans 13:5-7

So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.

1 Corinthians 2:14-15

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

Philippians 1:9-10

And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

1 Peter 3:13-14

Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?