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Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

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Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

Ecclesiastes 8:4
The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

Romans 13:1
Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.

Romans 13:2
For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.

Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

Romans 13:4
For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

Romans 13:5
So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.

Romans 13:6
For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.

Romans 13:7
Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.

Proverbs 24:21
My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

Psalms 107:43
Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

Proverbs 24:23
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

Matthew 22:21
They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

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Ecclesiastes 8:6
For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.

Ecclesiastes 8:7
No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

Ecclesiastes 9:12
Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

Jeremiah 8:7
Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

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Proverbs 19:16
He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

Luke 11:28
But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

John 14:21
He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

John 14:23
Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

1 John 2:3
And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

1 John 2:4
The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

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1 Corinthians 2:15
But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

Ecclesiastes 10:2
The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.

Philippians 1:10
So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

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2 Corinthians 6:2
(For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):

James 4:13
How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

James 4:14
When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

James 4:15
But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.

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Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.

Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

1 Timothy 2:2
For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.

Titus 3:1
Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,

1 Peter 2:13
Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,

1 Peter 2:14
And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well.

1 Peter 2:15
Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

1 Peter 2:16
As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

1 Peter 2:17
Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

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