Bible verse
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Ecclesiastes 8:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 8.
1 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
2 Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
3 Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
KJV
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
ASV
Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
ERV
Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
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