Eccl.4.1

Ecclesiastes 4:1

KJV

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

The Evil of Oppression

Cross References

Job 35:9

KJV

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Elihu Recalls God’s Justice

Psalm 12:5

KJV GOD

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

The Godly Are No More

For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

KJV

¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

From Dust to Dust

Ecclesiastes 5:8

KJV

¶ 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.

The Futility of Wealth

Ecclesiastes 7:7

KJV

¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

The Value of Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 8:9

KJV

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

Obey the King

Isaiah 5:7

KJV

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

The Song of the Vineyard

Jeremiah 16:7

KJV GOD

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Disaster Predicted

Lamentations 1:9

KJV

Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.

How Lonely Lies the City!

Lamentations 1:16

KJV

For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.