Ecclesiastes 4:1

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Again I saw that many people are treated badly. I saw their tears, and I saw that there was no one to comfort them. I saw that cruel people had all the power, and I saw that there was no one to comfort the people they hurt.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I also saw these things in this life: I saw that the courts should be filled with goodness and fairness, but there is evil there now.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

In some country you will see poor people who are forced to work very hard. You will see that this is not fair to them. It is against their rights. But don’t be surprised! The ruler who forces them to work has another ruler who forces him. And there is still another ruler who forces both of these rulers.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the house of Israel. The grapevine, the plant he loves, is the man of Judah. The Lord hoped for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for fairness, but there were only cries from people being treated badly.

James 5:4

People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. They are crying out against you. They harvested your crops. Now the Lord All-Powerful has heard their cries.

Matthew 26:56

But all these things have happened to show the full meaning of what the prophets wrote.” Then all of Jesus’ followers left him and ran away.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will bring you to justice. I will be an expert witness and testify about the evil things people do. I will speak out against those who do evil magic or commit adultery. I will speak out against those who make false promises and cheat their workers and don’t pay them the money they promised. I will testify against those who don’t help strangers, or widows and orphans. And I will testify against those who don’t respect me.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

Lamentations 1:9

Jerusalem’s skirts were dirty. She gave no thought to what would become of her. Her fall was amazing. She had no one to comfort her. She says, “Lord, see how I am hurt! See how my enemy thinks he is so great!”

Lamentations 1:2

She cries bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her. Many nations were friendly to her, but not one of them comforts her now. All her friends have turned their backs on her and have become her enemies.

Isaiah 51:23

I will now use my anger to punish the people who hurt you. They tried to kill you. They told you, ‘Bow down before us, and we will walk on you.’ They forced you to bow down before them, and then they walked on your back like dirt. You were like a road for them to walk on.”

Psalm 42:9

I say to God, my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I suffer this sadness that my enemies have brought me?”

Psalm 42:3

Instead of food, I have only tears day and night, as my enemies laugh at me and say, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 12:5

They took advantage of the poor and stole what little they had. But the Lord knows what they did, and he says, “I will rescue those who are poor and helpless, and I will punish those who hurt them.”

Job 35:9

“If people are being hurt, they cry out and beg for protection from those who hurt them.

Isaiah 59:7

Your feet run toward evil. You are always ready to kill innocent people. You think of nothing but evil. Everywhere you go you cause trouble and ruin.

Malachi 3:18

You people will come back to me, and you will learn the difference between good and evil. You will learn the difference between someone who follows God and someone who does not.

Malachi 2:13

You can cry and cover the Lord’s altar with tears, but the Lord will not accept your gifts. He will not be pleased with the things you bring to him.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Even the wise will forget their wisdom, if someone pays them enough. That money destroys their understanding.

Proverbs 28:3

A leader who takes advantage of the poor is like a hard rain that destroys the crops.

Psalm 142:4

I look around, and I don’t see anyone I know. I have no place to run. There is no one to save me.

Psalm 80:5

Instead of bread and water, you gave your people tears.

Psalm 69:20

I feel the pain of their insults. The shame makes me feel like dying! I wanted some sympathy, but there was none. I waited for someone to comfort me, but no one came.

Job 16:4

I also could say the same things you say, if you had my troubles. I could say wise things against you and shake my head at you.

Job 6:29

You need to start over and stop being so unfair! Think again, because I am innocent.

Judges 4:3

Sisera had 900 iron chariots, and he was very cruel to the Israelites for 20 years. So they cried to the Lord for help.

Deuteronomy 28:48

So you will serve the enemies the Lord will send against you. You will be hungry, thirsty, naked, and poor. He will put a load on you that cannot be removed. You will carry that load until he destroys you.

Deuteronomy 28:33

“A nation that you don’t know will take all your crops and everything you worked for. People will treat you badly and abuse you.

Exodus 1:22

So Pharaoh gave this command to his own people: “If the Hebrew women give birth to a baby girl, let it live. But if they have a baby boy, you must throw it into the Nile River.”

Exodus 1:16

“You will continue to help the Hebrew women give birth to their children. If a girl baby is born, let the baby live. But if the baby is a boy, you must kill him!”

Proverbs 19:7

If you are poor, your family will turn against you, and your friends will avoid you even more. You might beg them for help, but no one will come to help you.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I saw all this. I thought very hard about the things that happen in this world. I saw that people always struggle for the power to rule others, and this is bad for them.

Jeremiah 16:7

No one will bring food to those who are crying for the dead. No one will comfort those whose mother or father has died. No one will offer a drink to comfort those who are crying for the dead.

Lamentations 1:16

“I cry about all these things. Tears are flowing down my cheeks. There is no one near to comfort me. There is no one who can make me feel better. My children are like a wasteland, because the enemy won.”

Job 9:24

Is it God who keeps the leaders from seeing when an evil person takes control? If it is not God, then who is it?

Psalm 69:21

They gave me poison, not food. They gave me vinegar, not wine.

Psalm 142:5

Lord, I cry out to you for help: “You are my place of safety. You are all I need in life.”

Proverbs 29:2

When the rulers are good, the people are happy. When the rulers are evil, the people complain.

Lamentations 1:17

Zion spread out her hands. There was no one to comfort her. The Lord had given orders to Jacob’s enemies. He ordered them to surround the city. Jerusalem has become a dirty rag that her enemies threw away.

Amos 3:9

Go to the high towers in Ashdod and in Egypt and announce this message from the Lord: “Come together on the mountains of Samaria. See the great confusion there because the people don’t know how to live right. See how cruel they are to others. They take things from people to hide in their high towers. Their treasuries are filled with the things they have taken in war.”