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Ecclesiastes 8:4-7 New International Version (NIV)

4. Since a king’s word is supreme, who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

5. Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.

6. For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery.

7. Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else what is to come?