Ecclesiastes 8:5

New American Bible - revised edition

“Whoever observes a command knows no harm, and the wise heart knows times and judgments.”

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:32

Of the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand, designated by name to come and make David king.

Psalm 119:6

Then I will not be ashamed to ponder all your commandments.

Exodus 1:17

The midwives, however, feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt had ordered them, but let the boys live.

Proverbs 12:21

No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are overwhelmed with misfortune.

Proverbs 17:24

On the countenance of a discerning person is wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

The wise heart turns to the right; the foolish heart to the left.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this concerns all humankind;

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wise people have eyes in their heads, but fools walk in darkness. Yet I knew that the same lot befalls both.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Observe the command of the king, in view of your oath to God.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed by judgment, for he has willingly gone after filth!

Luke 20:25

So he said to them, “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”

Acts 4:19

Peter and John, however, said to them in reply, “Whether it is right in the sight of God for us to obey you rather than God, you be the judges.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles said in reply, “We must obey God rather than men.

Colossians 1:9

Therefore, from the day we heard this, we do not cease praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties are trained by practice to discern good and evil.