Ecclesiastes 8:5

Obedience To The King

⁴ Where the word of a king is, there is power, - who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do? ⁵ He that observeth the commandment, will not notice a vexatious thing, - and, of time and manner, will the heart of the wise take note. ⁶ For, to every pursuit, there is a time and a manner, - when, the vexation of man, is great concerning it.

Wise in Heart

Wise Man

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Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt spake unto them, - but suffered the male children to live.

Exodus 1:20-21

So then God dealt well with the midwives, - and the people multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty.

1 Chronicles 12:32

And, of the sons of Issachar, such as were of good understanding of the times, to know what Israel, should do, their chiefs, were two hundred, and, all their brethren, were at their bidding.

Psalm 119:6

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

Proverbs 17:24

Before the face of the discerning, is wisdom, but, the eyes of a dullard, are in the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

As for the wise man, his eyes, are in his head, whereas, the dullard, in darkness, doth walk, - but, I myself, knew that, one destiny, happeneth to them, all.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I said , The bidding of the king, observe thou, even out of regard to the oath of God.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

The sense of the wise, is on his right hand, - But, the sense of the dullard, on his left:

Hosea 5:11

Oppressed, is Ephraim, crushed in judgment, - because he hath, wilfully, walked after falsehood.

Luke 12:56-57

Hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven, ye know how to scan; but, this season, how know ye not to scan;

Luke 20:25

And, he, said unto them - Well then! render the things of Caesar, unto Caesar, and the things of God, unto God.

Acts 4:19

But, Peter and John, answering, said unto them - Whether it be right in presence of God, unto you, to be hearkening, rather than unto God, judge!

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said - It is needful to be yielding obedience unto God rather than unto men: -

Romans 13:5-7

Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, - not only because of the anger, but also because of the conscience;

1 Corinthians 2:14-15

But, a man of the soul, doth not welcome the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, and he cannot get to know them, because, spiritually, are they examined;

Philippians 1:9-10

And, this, I pray - that, your love, may be, yet more and more, pre-eminent in personal knowledge and all perception,

Colossians 1:9

For this cause, we also, from the day when we heard of you , cease not, in your behalf, praying and asking - that ye may be filled unto the personal knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and discernment,

Hebrews 5:14

But, to such as are mature, pertaineth, the strong food, to them who, by reason of habit, have their organs of perception well trained for discriminating both good and evil.

1 Peter 3:13-14

Who, then, is he that shall harm you, if, for that which is good, ye become zealous?