Ecclesiastes 3:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I looked again and saw people being ill-treated everywhere on earth. They were crying, but no one was there to offer comfort, and those who ill-treated them were powerful.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Respect and obey God! Daydreaming leads to a lot of senseless talk.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Don't be surprised if the poor of your country are abused, and injustice takes the place of justice. After all, the lower officials must do what the higher ones order them to do.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I noticed all this and thought seriously about what goes on in the world. Why does one person have the power to hurt another?

Isaiah 59:14

Injustice is everywhere; justice seems far away. Truth is chased out of court; honesty is shoved aside.

Micah 2:2

You grab any field or house that you want; you cheat families out of homes and land.

Micah 7:3

People cooperate to commit crime. Judges and leaders demand bribes, and rulers cheat in court.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are roaring lions, its judges are wolves; in the evening they attack, by morning nothing is left.

Matthew 26:59

The chief priests and the whole council wanted to put Jesus to death. So they tried to find some people who would tell lies about him in court.

Acts 23:3

Paul turned to the high priest and said, “You whitewashed wall! God will hit you. You sit there to judge me by the Law of Moses. But at the same time you order men to break the Law by hitting me.”

James 2:6

You ill-treat the poor. But isn't it the rich who boss you around and drag you off to court?