Ecclesiastes 8:2-5

²I [counsel thee], Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

³Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

⁴For the king’s word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

⁵Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:

Ecclesiastes 8 wrestles with the tension between wisdom and power, particularly when the wise find themselves under the authority of foolish or unjust rulers. The Teacher observes that human authority often operates unpredictably, and that the righteous do not always receive just

References· Ecclesiastes 8

a: v.6 — Ecclesiastes 3:1, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Luke 19:42-44, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ecclesiastes 7:13-14, Luke 17:26-30, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Isaiah 3:11-14, Isaiah 22:12-14, Luke 13:25
b: v.8 — Psalms 89:48, Job 14:5, Psalms 49:6-9, Hebrews 9:27, Ecclesiastes 3:21, Psalms 9:17, Proverbs 14:32, Isaiah 28:15, Psalms 73:18-28, Job 34:14
c: v.11 — Isaiah 26:10, Psalms 50:21-22, Romans 2:4-5, 2 Peter 3:3-10, Matthew 24:49-50, Psalms 10:6, Jeremiah 48:11, Job 21:11-15, Isaiah 5:18-19, Exodus 8:15
d: v.12 — Psalms 37:11, Luke 1:50, 2 Peter 2:9, Ecclesiastes 7:15, Psalms 37:18-19, Ecclesiastes 3:14, Isaiah 3:10-11, Isaiah 65:20-24, Romans 9:22, Matthew 25:34

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