Ecclesiastes 3:16

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him: God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and contrary to the law commandest me to be struck?

James 2:6

But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? and do not they draw you before the judgment seats?

Matthew 26:59

And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death:

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it.

Micah 2:2

And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

Isaiah 59:14

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth hath fallen down in the street and equity could not come in.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these: