Ecclesiastes 8:5 “Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows…”

Ecclesiastes 8:5

Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

World English Bible

Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He that keepeth the commandement, shall knowe none euill thing, and the heart of the wise shall knowe the time and iudgement.

Darby Translation

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner.

Young's Literal Translation

Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“keepeth”

Luke 20:25 Acts 4:19 Romans 13:5–7 Ecclesiastes 8:2 Exodus 1:17 Hosea 5:11

Luke 20:25 · BSB

So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Acts 4:19 · BSB

But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

Romans 13:5–7 · BSB

Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.

Ecclesiastes 8:2 · BSB

Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Exodus 1:17 · BSB

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

Hosea 5:11 · BSB

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

“a wise”

Hebrews 5:14 1 Chronicles 12:32 Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ecclesiastes 10:2 Proverbs 17:24 Colossians 1:9

Hebrews 5:14 · BSB

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

1 Chronicles 12:32 · BSB

From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

Ecclesiastes 2:14 · BSB

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

Ecclesiastes 10:2 · BSB

A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

Proverbs 17:24 · BSB

Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Colossians 1:9 · BSB

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

6For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

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