TSK · Ecclesiastes 8:4

Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

[Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?

¶ The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.

Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who [is] that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

‹And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.›

¶ 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.