Ecclesiastes 8:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Whoever obeys a command will meet no harm, and the wise mind will know the time and way.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Whoever observes the [king's] command will experience no harm, and a wise man's mind will know both when and what to do.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:

Common English Bible

⁵ Whoever keeps a command will meet no harm, and the wise heart knows the right time and the right way

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond.

Ecclesiastes 8:5 Cross References

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

Luke 20:25

He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

1 Chronicles 12:32

Of Issachar, those who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred chiefs, and all their kindred under their command.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after vanity.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Keep the king’s command, and because of your sacred oath

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise have eyes in their head, but fools walk in darkness. Yet I perceived that the same fate befalls all of them.

Proverbs 17:24

The discerning person looks to wisdom, but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Psalm 119:6

Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

Proverbs 12:21

No harm happens to the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.