Ecclesiastes 8:3-9

³Be not in haste to depart from his presence; persist not in an evil thing; for whatever pleaseth him, that he doeth.

⁴For the word of the king is powerful; and who can say to him, “What doest thou?”

⁵He that keepeth the commandment shall experience no evil; and the heart of the wise man hath regard to time and judgment.

⁶For to every thing there is a time and judgment. For the misery of man is great upon him.

⁷For no one knoweth what shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

⁸No man hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no man hath power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; and wickedness shall not deliver those that are guilty of it.

⁹All this have I seen, and I have given heed to all things that are done under the sun. There is a time when man ruleth over man to his hurt.