From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.
Ecclesiastes 8:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever observes the [king's] command will experience no harm, and a wise man's mind will know both when and what to do. American Standard Version (1901) Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment: Common English Bible Whoever keeps a command will meet no harm, and the wise heart knows the right time and the right way Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that keepeth the commandments shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer. |
From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
No disaster overcomes the righteous, but the wicked are full of misery.
Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.
A wise person’s heart goes to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left.
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: fear God and keep his commands, because this is for all humanity.
The wise person has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgement, for he is determined to follow what is worthless.
‘Well then,’ he told them, ‘give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’
Peter and John answered them, ‘Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;
Peter and the apostles replied, ‘We must obey God rather than people.
For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
But solid food is for the mature #– #for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.