Ecclesiastes 8:2-4

21st Century King James Version

² I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that because of thy oath to God.

³ Be not hasty to go out of his sight. Stand not for an evil cause, for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

⁴ Where the word of a king is, there is power; and who may say unto him, “What doest thou?”