Ecclesiastes 8:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Be not hasty to withdraw from the king; do not persist in an unpleasant situation, for he does whatever he pleases.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob replied: “The years I have lived as a wayfarer amount to a hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been these years of my life, and they do not compare with the years that my ancestors lived as wayfarers.”

Proverbs 14:29

Long-suffering results in great wisdom; a short temper raises folly high.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear the Lord and the king; have nothing to do with those who hate them;

Proverbs 30:31

The strutting cock, and the he-goat, and the king at the head of his people.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

Should the anger of a ruler burst upon you, do not yield your place; for calmness abates great offenses.

Isaiah 48:4

Because I know that you are stubborn and that your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead bronze,

Daniel 5:19

Because he made him so great, the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Whomever he willed, he would kill or let live; whomever he willed, he would exalt or humble.