Ecclesiastes 8:5

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Whoever obeys a command will avoid harm, and the heart of the wise person knows the right time and the right way.

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  • Exod 1:17 : 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not obey the king of Egypt's command; they let the boys live.
  • Exod 1:20-21 : 20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
  • 1 Chr 12:32 : 32 From half the tribe of Manasseh, there were 18,000 chosen by name to go and make David king.
  • Ps 119:6 : 6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
  • Prov 17:24 : 24 Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise have eyes in their heads, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate overtakes them both.
  • Eccl 8:2 : 2 I advise you to obey the king's command and stay true to your oath made before God.
  • Eccl 10:2 : 2 A wise person's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart inclines him to the left.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to follow human commands.
  • Luke 12:56-57 : 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky and the earth, but why do you not know how to interpret this present time? 57 And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
  • Luke 20:25 : 25 He said to them, 'Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.'
  • Acts 4:19 : 19 But Peter and John replied, 'Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge.'
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the apostles replied, 'We must obey God rather than men.'
  • Rom 13:5-7 : 5 Therefore, it is necessary to be subject, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience. 6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are servants of God, continually attending to this very thing. 7 Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs are due, respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person examines all things, but he himself is not subject to being examined by anyone.
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And this is my prayer, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight. 10 So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for the mature, those who through practice have trained their senses to discern good from evil.
  • 1 Pet 3:13-14 : 13 Who then will harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be intimidated.

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