Ecclesiastes 10:5

The Scriptures 1998

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, as a mistake coming from the ruler:

Cross References

Proverbs 19:10

Luxury is not fitting for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule over princes.

Proverbs 28:12

When the righteous exult, there is great comeliness; But when the wrong arise, a man is searched for.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness lays to rest great faults.

Ecclesiastes 10:6

Folly is set in many high positions, while the rich sit in a humble place.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Then again I saw under the sun: In the place of right-ruling, wrongness was there. And in the place of righteousness, wrongness was there.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I looked again at all the oppression that is done under the sun: And see! The tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter; and power on the side of their oppressors, but they have no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I looked again at futility under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sickly evil I have seen under the sun: riches kept for their owner, for his evil.

Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great among men:

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one event to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and then – to the dead!