Ecclesiastes 8:2-7

²I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.

³Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

⁴for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

⁵Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

⁶For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

⁷For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?