World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:5
“Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 8
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Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
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for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?
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Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
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For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
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For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
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