Ecclesiastes 8:5

New English Translation

Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:32

From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command – they understood the times and knew what Israel should do.

Psalm 119:6

Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Proverbs 12:21

The righteous do not encounter any harm, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

A wise person’s good sense protects him, but a fool’s lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Obey the king’s command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.

Luke 20:25

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

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Hebrews 5:14

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