Ecclesiastes 5:8

God's Word

Don’t be surprised if you see poor people being oppressed, denied justice, or denied their rights in any district. One authority is watching over another, and they both have authorities watching over them.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 26:10

He built towers in the desert. He dug many cisterns because he had a lot of herds in the foothills and the plains. He had farmers and vineyard workers in the mountains and the fertile fields because he loved the soil.

Job 24:23

⌞God⌟ may let them feel confident and self-reliant, but his eyes are on their ways.

Psalm 12:5

“Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will provide safety for those who long for it.”

Psalm 55:9

Completely confuse their language, O Lord, because I see violence and conflict in the city.

Psalm 82:1

God takes his place in his own assembly. He pronounces judgment among the gods:

Psalm 83:18

so that they must acknowledge you. Your name is the Lord. You alone are the Most High God of the whole earth.

Psalm 95:3

The Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods.

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor for profit ⌞or⌟ giving to the rich certainly leads to poverty.

Proverbs 24:12

When you say, “We didn’t know this,” won’t the one who weighs hearts take note of it? Won’t the one who guards your soul know it? Won’t he pay back people for what they do?

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me. Those eagerly looking for me will find me.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I saw something else under the sun: There is wickedness where justice should be found. There is wickedness where righteousness should be found.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Next, I turned to look at all the acts of oppression that make people suffer under the sun. Look at the tears of those who suffer! No one can comfort them. Their oppressors have ⌞all⌟ the power. No one can comfort those who suffer.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

Yet, a king is an advantage for a country with cultivated fields.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Oppression can turn a wise person into a fool, and a bribe can corrupt the mind.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I have seen all of this, and I have carefully considered all that is done under the sun whenever one person has authority to hurt others.

Isaiah 10:12

When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for all his boasting and all his arrogance.

Isaiah 3:15

The Almighty Lord of Armies asks, “How can you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor ⌞into the ground⌟?”

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⌞soldiers⌟ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the garden of his delight. He hoped for justice but saw only slaughter, for righteousness but heard only cries of distress.

Isaiah 57:15

The High and Lofty One lives forever, and his name is holy. This is what he says: I live in a high and holy place. But I am with those who are crushed and humble. I will renew the spirit of those who are humble and the courage of those who are crushed.

Ezekiel 18:18

But his father has oppressed others, robbed his relative, and done what is wrong among his people. So the father will die because of his sin.

Amos 5:12

I know that your crimes are numerous and your sins are many. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes. You deny the needy access to the courts.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on rocks? Does a farmer plow the sea with oxen? Yet, you have turned justice into something deadly and what is righteous into poison.

Micah 2:9

You force the women among my people out of their pleasant homes and take my glory away from their children forever.

Zechariah 8:6

This is what the Lord of Armies says: It may seem impossible to the few remaining people in those days, but will it seem impossible to me? declares the Lord of Armies.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.

Luke 1:32

He will be a great man and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.

Luke 1:35

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come to you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy child developing inside you will be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:76

“You, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way.

Acts 12:23

Immediately, an angel from the Lord killed Herod for not giving glory to God. Herod was eaten by maggots, and he died.

Romans 11:33

God’s riches, wisdom, and knowledge are so deep that it is impossible to explain his decisions or to understand his ways.

James 2:13

No mercy will be shown to those who show no mercy to others. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

1 Peter 4:12

Dear friends, don’t be surprised by the fiery troubles that are coming in order to test you. Don’t feel as though something strange is happening to you,

1 John 3:13

Brothers and sisters, don’t be surprised if the world hates you.