Ecclesiastes 5:8

The Scriptures 1998

If you see the oppression of the poor, and denial of right-ruling and righteousness in a province, do not be astonished at the matter. For a higher than the high is guarding, and there are higher ones over them.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the low country and in the plain, farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in Karmel, for he loved the soil.

Job 24:23

He gives him safety, and he leans on it; yet His eyes are on their ways.

Psalm 12:5

“Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, I now arise,” says יהוה, “I set in safety – he pants for it.”

Psalm 55:9

Confuse, O יהוה, divide their tongues, For I saw violence and strife in the city.

Psalm 82:1

Elohim stands in the congregation of Ě

Psalm 83:18

And let them know that You, Whose Name is יהוה, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.

Psalm 95:3

For יהוה  is a great Ě

Proverbs 22:16

One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “See, we did not know this,” Would not He who weighs the hearts discern it? He who watches over your life, Would He not know it? And shall He not repay man according to his work?

Proverbs 8:17

“I love those who love me, And those who earnestly seek me do find me.

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 5:9

And the increase of the land is for all. The sovereign himself is served from the field.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

For oppression makes a wise one mad, and a bribe destroys the heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen; I applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which a man rules over a man for his evil.

Isaiah 10:12

“And it shall be, when יהוה  has performed all His work on Mount Tsiyon and on Yerushalayim, that I shall punish the fruit of the greatness of the heart of the sovereign of Ashshur, and the boasting of his haughty looks.

Isaiah 3:15

“What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Master, יהוה  of hosts.

Isaiah 37:36

And a messenger of יהוה  went out, and killed in the camp of Ashshur one hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose early in the morning, and saw all of them, dead bodies.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of יהוה  of hosts is the house of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 57:15

For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.

Ezekiel 18:18

“His father, because he used oppression, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, see, he shall die for his crookedness.

Amos 5:12

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, afflicting the righteous and accepting bribes, and turning aside the poor at the gate.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on a rock? Does one plough it with oxen? For you have turned right-ruling into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Micah 2:9

“You have driven the women of My people from their pleasant houses. You have taken away My splendour from their children forever.

Zechariah 8:6

“Thus said יהוה  of hosts, ‘If it is marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in My eyes?’ declares יהוה  of hosts.

Malachi 3:5

“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Luke 1:32

“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And יהוה  Elohim shall give Him the throne of His father Dawiḏ

Luke 1:35

And the messenger answering, said to her, “The Set-apart Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you. And for that reason the Set-apart One born of you shall be called: Son of Elohim.

Luke 1:76

“And you, child, shall be called prophet of the Most High, for you shall go before the face of יהוה  to prepare His ways,

Acts 12:23

And instantly a messenger of יהוה  smote him, because he did not give the esteem to Elohim. And becoming worm-eaten, he died.

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of Elohim! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways!

James 2:13

For the judgment is without compassion to the one who has shown no compassion. And compassion boasts over judgment.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved ones, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that is coming upon you, to try you, as though some unusual matter has befallen you,

1 John 3:13

Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.