Ecclesiastes 8:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

Proverbs 30:31

The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

Isaiah 48:4

Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;

Daniel 4:35

And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?

Daniel 5:19

And because of the great power he gave him, all peoples and nations and languages were shaking in fear before him: some he put to death and others he kept living, at his pleasure, lifting up some and putting others down as it pleased him.