Ecclesiastes 8:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard to the oath of God.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:43 : 43 Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged you with?
  • 1 Chr 29:24 : 24 And all the leaders, and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
  • Prov 24:21 : 21 My son, fear the LORD and the king; do not associate with those given to change.
  • Ezek 17:13-20 : 13 And has taken of the king's seed and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath from him: he has also taken the mighty of the land: 14 That the kingdom might be lowly, that it might not lift itself up, but by keeping his covenant it might stand. 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things? Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered? 16 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, by casting up mounds and building forts to cut off many persons: 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand and has done all these things, he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken, I will recompense on his own head. 20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will contend with him there for his trespass which he has trespassed against me.
  • Rom 13:1-5 : 1 Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist shall bring judgment upon themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who does evil. 5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake.
  • Titus 3:1 : 1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
  • 1 Pet 2:13-17 : 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme, 14 Or to governors, as to those who are sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. 17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
  • Exod 22:11 : 11 then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both that he has not put his hand upon his neighbor's goods; and the owner shall accept this, and he shall not make restitution.
  • 2 Sam 21:7 : 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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    3Do not be hasty to go out of his presence; do not stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.

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    5Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.

  • 1 Kgs 2:42-43
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    42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you swear by the Lord, and warned you, saying, Know for certain, on the day you go out and walk abroad anywhere, that you shall surely die? And you said to me, The word I have heard is good.

    43Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged you with?

  • Eccl 8:1
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    1Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the sternness of his face shall be changed.

  • Prov 24:21
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    21My son, fear the LORD and the king; do not associate with those given to change.

  • Deut 8:11
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    11Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command you this day:

  • Ps 2:10
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    10Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.

  • Prov 25:6-7
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    6Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

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  • 1 Kgs 2:3
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    3And keep the charge of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself:

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    71%

    1Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

    2Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God, for God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few.

  • Esth 1:13
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  • Exod 18:19
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    19Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God.

  • Deut 7:11
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    11Therefore you shall keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command you this day, to do them.

  • Exod 22:28
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    28You shall not revile the gods nor curse the ruler of your people.

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21Also, do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant curse you.

  • Dan 4:27
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    27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of your tranquility.

  • 1 Pet 2:17
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    17Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

  • Ezra 7:23
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    23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

  • Deut 8:6
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    6Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

  • Prov 7:1
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    1My son, keep my words and store up my commandments with you.

  • Eccl 5:4
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    4When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to pay it, for He has no pleasure in fools; pay what you have vowed.

  • Prov 3:1
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    1My son, do not forget my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:

  • 1 Kgs 8:25
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    25Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me.

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    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

  • Prov 23:1
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    1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

  • Ps 72:1
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    1Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

  • 1 Kgs 2:6
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    6Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

  • Prov 22:20
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    20Have I not written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

  • Prov 16:10
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    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

  • Deut 29:9
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    9Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

  • Ps 119:4
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    4You have commanded us to keep Your precepts diligently.

  • Ezra 4:22
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    22Take heed now that you fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    70%

    31If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house:

  • Num 30:2
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    2If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

  • Prov 20:2
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    2The fear of a king is like the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

  • Prov 2:11
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    11Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

  • 1 Kgs 10:8
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    8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 18:15
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    15And the king said to him, How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?

  • Prov 16:14
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    14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

  • 1 Kgs 1:12
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    12Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you advice, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.

  • Dan 6:8
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    8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be altered.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 6:20
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    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:

  • 1 Kgs 8:61
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    61Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

  • Prov 5:2
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    2That you may keep discretion, and that your lips may preserve knowledge.

  • Job 36:18
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    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.