Obey the king’s command because you took an oath before God. – Ecclesiastes 8:2

Do not stand up for a bad cause. – Ecclesiastes 8:3

The wise heart will know the proper time to proceed. There is a proper time and procedure for every matter. – Ecclesiastes 8:5-6

Wickedness will not release those who practice it. – Ecclesiastes 8:8

When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong. – Ecclesiastes 8:11

Nothing that other saints do or say can ever upset the one who is built on God. – Oswald Chambers