Ecclesiastes 5:7

New American Bible - revised edition

If you see oppression of the poor, and violation of rights and justice in the realm, do not be astonished by the fact, for the high official has another higher than he watching him and above these are others higher still—.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but only those who always fear the Lord;

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this concerns all humankind;

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I recognized that whatever God does will endure forever; there is no adding to it, or taking from it. Thus has God done that he may be revered.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And still under the sun in the judgment place I saw wickedness, and wickedness also in the seat of justice.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

When you make a vow to God, delay not its fulfillment. For God has no pleasure in fools; fulfill what you have vowed.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good to hold to this rule, and not to let that one go; but the one who fears God will succeed with both.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

because the sinner does evil a hundred times and survives. Though indeed I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, for their reverence toward him;

Ecclesiastes 8:13

and that it shall not be well with the wicked, who shall not prolong their shadowy days, for their lack of reverence toward God.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All these things I saw and I applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun, while one person tyrannizes over another for harm. The Problem of Retribution.

Matthew 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will render an account for every careless word they speak.