Ecclesiastes 8:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Ecclesiastes 8:1 ESV
Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 8:3 ESV
Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases.
Ecclesiastes 8:4 ESV
For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, “What are you doing?”
Ecclesiastes 8:5 ESV
Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.
Ecclesiastes 8:6 ESV
For there is a time and a way for everything, although man’s trouble lies heavy on him.
Ecclesiastes 8:9 ESV
All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.
Ecclesiastes 8:10 ESV
Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 ESV
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:12 ESV
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
Ecclesiastes 8:13 ESV
But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
Ecclesiastes 8:16 ESV
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one’s eyes see sleep