Ecclesiastes 8:9

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:7

They slew Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes; then they put out his eyes, bound him with fetters, and brought him to Babylon.

Exodus 14:28

As the water flowed back, it covered the chariots and the horsemen. Of all Pharaoh’s army which had followed the Israelites into the sea, not even one escaped.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a chase after wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the business that God has given to mortals to be busied about.

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 5:13

Should the riches be lost through some misfortune, they may have offspring when they have no means.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

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—.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

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

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I turned my heart toward knowledge; I sought and pursued wisdom and its design, and I recognized that wickedness is foolishness and folly is madness. Critique of Advice on Women.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

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

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon, king of Heshbon, refused to let us pass through his land, because the Lord, your God, made him stubborn in mind and obstinate in heart that he might deliver him into your power, as indeed he has now done.