[a]Haste not to go forth of his sight: stand not in an evil thing: for he will do whatsoever pleaseth him.

Where the word of the King is, there is power, and who shall say unto him, What doest thou?

He that keepeth the commandment, shall know none evil thing, and the heart of the wise shall know the [b]time, and judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:3 Withdraw not thyself lightly from the obedience of thy prince.
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:5 That is, when time is to obey, and how far he should obey.

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