Ecclesiastes 5:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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:

Cross References

Matthew 12:36

But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:

Ecclesiastes 8:12

But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.

Proverbs 23:17

Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

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

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.