2I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
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Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here is, I. An encomium of wisdom (Eccl. 8:1), that is, of true piety, guided in all its exercises by prudence and discretion. The wise man is the good man, that knows God and glorifies him, knows himself and does well for himself; his wisdom is a great happiness to him, for, 1. It advances him above his neighbours, and makes him more excellent than they: Who is as the wise man ? Note, Heavenly wi…
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