Ecclesiastes 5:8

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

If thou shalt see the oppression of the poor one, and the spoiling of judgment and justice in a province, thou shalt not wonder at the inclination: for the high one above the high one is watching, and the high ones over them.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he will build towers in the desert, and hew out many wells: for there were many cattle to him; and in the low country and in the plain; and husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was loving the earth.

Job 24:23

It will he given to him for confidence, and he will rest upon: and his eyes upon their ways.

Psalm 12:5

From the oppression of the poor, from the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, Jehovah will say; I will set with salvation, he will puff at him.

Psalm 55:9

Swallow up, O Jehovah, divide their tongue: for I saw violence and strife in the city.

Psalm 82:1

Chanting to Asaph. God stood in the assembly of God; he will judge in the midst of gods.

Psalm 83:18

And they shall know that thou, thy name Jehovah alone, the Most High over all the earth.

Psalm 95:3

For Jehovah is the great God, and a great King over all gods.

Proverbs 22:16

He oppressing the poor one to increase for himself, he gave to the rich; also to want

Proverbs 24:12

If thou shalt say, Behold, we knew not this; will not he trying hearts, understand? and he guarding thy soul, knew? and he turned back to man according to his work.

Proverbs 8:17

I loved those loving me: and they seeking me shall find me.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And yet I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there the unjust one; and the place of the just one, there the unjust one.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

And I turned back, and I shall see all the oppressions which are doing under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and none comforting to them; and from the hand of those oppressing them was power, and none comforting to them.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

And the profit of the earth in all: it is the king being served to the field.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

For oppression will make foolish the wise one; and a gift will destroy the heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I saw, and giving my heart to every work which was done under the sun: a time which man had power overman for evil to him.

Isaiah 10:12

And it was when the Lord will complete all his work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will review upon the fruit of the great heart of the king of Assur and upon the glory of his eyes lifted up.

Isaiah 3:15

Why will ye crush my people and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord Jehovah of armies.

Isaiah 37:36

And the messenger of Jehovah will go forth, and strike in the camp of Assur a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they will rise early in the morning, and behold, all of them dead corpses.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of Jehovah of armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his pleasures: and he will wait for judgment, and behold bloodshed; for justice, and behold a cry.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus said the high and lifted up inhabiting eternity, and his name Holy; being lifted up, and I will dwell in the holy place, and with the broken and humble of spirit, to preserve alive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the broken.

Ezekiel 18:18

His father because oppressing, he oppressed, stripping off, he stripped off the brother, and he did not good in the midst of my people, and behold him dying in his iniquity.

Amos 5:12

For I knew your many transgressions, and your strong sins: pressing upon the just, taking a ransom, and they turned away the needy in the gate

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will he plough with oxen? for ye turned judgment to poison and the fruit of justice to wormwood.

Micah 2:9

The women of my people ye will thrust out from the house of her delights; from her children ye will take my majesty forever.

Zechariah 8:6

Thus said Jehovah of armies: If it shall be wonderful in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, also shall it be wonderful in mine eyes, says Jehovah of armies:

Malachi 3:5

And I came near to you for judgment: and I was a swift witness against those practicing magic, and against those committing adultery, and against those swearing to falsehood, and against those oppressing the hire of the hireling, the widow and the orphan, and those turning aside the stranger, and they feared not me, said Jehovah of armies.

Luke 1:32

He shall be great, and he shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father:

Luke 1:35

And the messenger having answered, said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:76

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

Acts 12:23

And immediately the messenger of the Lord struck him, because he gave not the glory to God: and eaten by worms, he expired.

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! his judgments how unsearchable, and his ways not traced out!

James 2:13

For unpropitiated judgment to him not doing mercy; and mercy boasteth against judgment.

1 Peter 4:12

Dearly beloved, be not astonished at the refining of fire in you, being for trial to you, as a strange thing happening to you:

1 John 3:13

Be not amazed, my brethren, if the world hate you.