Ecclesiastes 8:1-6 - Wisdom Is Valuable

¹ Who is wise? Who hath knowledge to make an answer? Wisdom maketh a man's face to shine, but malice putteth it out of favour. ² Keep the king's commandment, I warn thee, and the oath that thou hast made unto God. ³ Be not hasty to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no evil thing: for whatsoever it pleaseth him, that doeth he. ⁴ Like as when a king giveth a charge, his commandment is mighty: Even so whom may say unto him, "What doest thou?" ⁵ Whoso keepeth the commandment, shall feel no harm: but a wise man's heart discerneth time and manner. ⁶ For everything will have opportunity and judgment, and this the thing that maketh men full of carefulness and sorrow.