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Ecclesiastes 8:2
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Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

Ecclesiastes 8:2
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Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

Ecclesiastes 8:3
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Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

Ecclesiastes 8:3
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Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

Ecclesiastes 8:4
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Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

Ecclesiastes 8:4
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Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

Ecclesiastes 8:5
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Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.

Ecclesiastes 8:5
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Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.

Ecclesiastes 8:6
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For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man's misery weighs heavily upon him.

Ecclesiastes 8:6
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For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery.

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