Ecclesiastes 8:2-9

²Observe the commandment of the king, and that because of the word of the oath of God.

³Be not hasty; you shall go forth out of his presence: stand not in an evil matter; for he will do whatever he shall please,

⁴even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?

⁵He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the heart of the wise knows the time of judgment.

⁶For to every thing there is time and judgment; for the knowledge of a man is great to him.

⁷For there is no one that knows what is going to be: for who shall tell him how it shall be?

⁸There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and there is no power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in the day of the battle; neither shall ungodliness save her votary.

⁹So I saw all this, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun; all the things wherein man has power over man to afflict him.