Who is like the wise? Who knows the explanation of things? A person's wisdom brightens their face and changes its hard appearance.

All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over another man to his hurt.

Who is like the wise? Who knows the explanation of things? A person's wisdom brightens their face and changes its hard appearance. Obey the King -

The abuse of authority leads men astray. The destiny of wicked rulers is futility.

Ecclesiastes 8:9 New Century Version (NCV) · I saw all of this as I considered all that is done here on earth. Sometimes people harm those they control.

Ecclesiastes 8:9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.

9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.

8 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the solution to a problem? A man's wisdom lights up his face and softens his stern appearance.

Ecclesiastes 8:9. All this have I seen. Observed, taken notice of, and thoroughly considered; all that is said above, concerning the scarcity of good men ...

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.