Ecclesiastes 8:2

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I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

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.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.