Ecclesiastes 5:8

New American Bible - revised edition

But profitable for a land in such circumstances is a king concerned about cultivation.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 26:10

He built towers in the wilderness and dug numerous cisterns, for he had many cattle. He had plowmen in the Shephelah and the plains, farmers and vinedressers in the highlands and the garden land. He was a lover of the soil.

Job 24:23

he gives safety and support, and his eyes are on their ways.

Psalm 12:5

Those who say, “By our tongues we prevail; when our lips speak, who can lord it over us?”

Psalm 55:9

“I would soon find a shelter from the raging wind and storm.”

Psalm 82:1

A psalm of Asaph. God takes a stand in the divine council, gives judgment in the midst of the gods.

Psalm 83:18

Let them be ashamed and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace.

Psalm 95:3

For the Lord is the great God, the great king over all gods,

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor for enrichment, giving to the rich: both are sheer loss.

Proverbs 24:12

because you said, “We didn’t know about it”? Surely, the Searcher of hearts knows and will repay all according to their deeds.

Proverbs 8:17

Those who love me I also love, and those who seek me find me.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

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

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that take place under the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort them! From the hand of their oppressors comes violence, and there is none to comfort them!

Ecclesiastes 5:9

The covetous are never satisfied with money, nor lovers of wealth with their gain; so this too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Extortion can make a fool out of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

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.

Isaiah 10:12

But when the Lord has brought to an end all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the utterance of the king of Assyria’s proud heart, and the boastfulness of his haughty eyes.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing my people, and grinding down the faces of the poor? says the Lord, the God of hosts.

Isaiah 37:36

Then the angel of the Lord went forth and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. Early the next morning, there they were, all those corpses, dead!

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, the people of Judah, his cherished plant; He waited for judgment, but see, bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry!

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One, the One who dwells forever, whose name is holy: I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the contrite and lowly of spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, to revive the heart of the crushed.

Ezekiel 18:18

Only the father, since he committed extortion and robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people—he will die because of his sin!

Amos 5:12

Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate.

Amos 6:12

Can horses run over rock, or can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Micah 2:9

The women of my people you drive out from their pleasant houses; From their children you take away forever the honor I gave them.

Zechariah 8:6

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Even if this should seem impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it seem impossible in my eyes also?—oracle of the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Luke 1:32

He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,

Luke 1:35

And the angel said to her in reply, “The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Acts 12:23

At once the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not ascribe the honor to God, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!

James 2:13

For the judgment is merciless to one who has not shown mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. Faith and Works.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as if something strange were happening to you.

1 John 3:13

Do not be amazed, [then,] brothers, if the world hates you.