Ecclesiastes 8:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.”
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“Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 8:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 1:50But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
- 1 Kings 2:21So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
- Proverbs 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
- Proverbs 30:31a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
- Isaiah 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
- Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
- Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
- Daniel 5:19Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
- Acts 5:8“Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”
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