Ecclesiastes 8:5

Modern English Version

The one who keeps the king’s command will know no evil thing, and a wise heart will know the proper time and just way.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:32

From the sons of Issachar, those having understanding of times and what Israel should do: two hundred of their captains with all their brothers at their command.

Psalm 119:6

Then I shall not be ashamed, when I look upon all Your commandments.

Exodus 1:17

However, the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but kept the male children alive.

Proverbs 12:21

No harm will overtake the righteous, but the wicked will be filled with trouble.

Proverbs 17:24

The sight of the discerning is toward wisdom, but the eyes of the fool are on the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

The heart of the wise moves him to the right for protection, but the heart of a fool to the left for vulnerability.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

This is the end of the matter; all has been heard. Now fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

A wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool continues in darkness. Moreover, I experienced that each one experiences the same event—death.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Obey the king’s command because of your oath to God.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he eagerly followed after vanity.

Luke 20:25

He said to them, “Then render to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food belongs to those who are mature, for those who through practice have powers of discernment that are trained to distinguish good from evil.