Ecclesiastes 8:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:17 : 17 But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
  • Exod 1:20-21 : 20 So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he made households for them.
  • 1 Chr 12:32 : 32 From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command– they understood the times and knew what Israel should do.
  • Ps 119:6 : 6 Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.
  • Prov 17:24 : 24 Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 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.
  • Eccl 8:2 : 2 Obey the king’s command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.
  • Eccl 10:2 : 2 Wisdom Can Be Nullified By the Caprice of Rulers A wise person’s good sense protects him, but a fool’s lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.
  • Luke 12:56-57 : 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time? 57 Clear the Debts“And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
  • Luke 20:25 : 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 : 19 But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.
  • Rom 13:5-7 : 5 Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities but also because of your conscience. 6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants devoted to governing. 7 Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight 10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
  • Col 1:9 : 9 Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church 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,
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
  • 1 Pet 3:13-14 : 13 For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good? 14 But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.

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