Ecclesiastes 5:8-9

8 Don't be too upset when you see the poor kicked around, and justice and right violated all over the place. Exploitation filters down from one petty official to another. There's no end to it, and nothing can be done about it.
9 But the good earth doesn't cheat anyone - even a bad king is honestly served by a field.
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