Ecclesiastes 8:3
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he wants.
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not hasty

Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler's temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

Proverbs 14:29
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

stand

1 Kings 1:50-52
But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar. . . .

1 Kings 2:21-24
So Bathsheba said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife." . . .

Isaiah 48:4
For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

Jeremiah 44:16, 17
"As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! . . .

Acts 5:8, 9
"Tell me, " said Peter, "is this the price you and your husband got for the land?" "Yes, " she answered, "that is the price." . . .

for

Proverbs 16:14, 15
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. . . .

Proverbs 30:31
a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king with his army around him.

Daniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'"

Daniel 5:19
Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and men of every language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases."

King James Bible
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not be in a hurry; leave his presence, and don't persist in a bad cause, since he will do whatever he wants.

International Standard Version
Don't be in a hurry to leave him, and don't persist in evil, for he does whatever he pleases.

NET Bible
Do not rush out of the king's presence in haste--do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he can do whatever he pleases.
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