Ecc 8:5
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. {shall...: Heb. shall know}
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But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, {even} those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. {of full age: or, perfect} {use: or, an habit, or, perfection}
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and {in} all judgment; {judgment: or, sense}
And who {is} he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
Wherefore {ye} must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
And of the children of Issachar, {which were men} that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them {were} two hundred; and all their brethren {were} at their commandment.
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
The wise man's eyes {are} in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
I {counsel thee} to keep the king's commandment, and {that} in regard of the oath of God.
{Ye} hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
A wise man's heart {is} at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know {them}, because they are spiritually discerned.
Ephraim {is} oppressed {and} broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
Then Peter and the {other} apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Wisdom {is} before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool {are} in the ends of the earth.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard {it}, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
To every {thing there is} a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Who {is} a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. {damnation: or, judgment}
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so {are} the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; {but} he that despiseth his ways shall die.
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. {judgeth: or, discerneth} {judged: or, discerned}