Ecclesiastes 5:8
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| Overview - Ecclesiastes 5 | |
| 1 | Vanities in divine service; |
| 8 | in murmuring against oppression; |
| 9 | and in riches. |
| 18 | Joy in riches is the gift of God. |
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Ecclesiastes 5:8 (King James Version)
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
- thou seest
- 3:16 4:1 Psalms 12:5 ; 55:9 58:11 Proverbs 8:17 ; Habakkuk 1:2 Habakkuk 1:3 Habakkuk 1:13
- marvel
- Zechariah 8:6 ; 1 John 3:13 ; Revelation 17:6 Revelation 17:7
- matter
- Hebrew will, or purpose.
- Isaiah 10:5-7 Isaiah 10:12 ; Isaiah 46:10 Isaiah 46:11 Habakkuk 1:12 ; Acts 4:27 Acts 4:28 ; Romans 11:33
- for
- Isaiah 57:15 ; Luke 1:32 Luke 1:35 Luke 1:76
- regardeth
- 1 Kings 21:19 1 Kings 21:20 ; Job 20:19-29 ; 27:8-23 Psalms 10:17 Psalms 10:18 ; 12:5 Psalms 58:10 Psalms 58:11
- Psalms 82:1 ; 83:18 Psalms 140:11 Psalms 140:12 Isaiah 3:15 ; 5:7 59:13-16 Jeremiah 22:17-19
- Ezekiel 22:6-14 ; Amos 5:12 ; Amos 6:2-6 Amos 6:12 8:4-7 Micah 2:1-3 Micah 2:9 ; Micah 3:1-4 Micah 3:9-12
- Micah 6:10-13 ; Zechariah 7:9-13 ; Malachi 3:5 ; James 2:13 ; 5:2-7
- higher than they
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 1 Chronicles 21:16 ; Psalms 95:3 ; Isaiah 37:36 ; Matthew 13:41 Matthew 13:42 ; Acts 12:7-10 Acts 12:23