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Eccl.5.8

Ecclesiastes 5:8

King James Version (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.

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King James Version (KJV)
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
King James Version (KJV)
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
King James Version (KJV)
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
King James Version (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.
King James Version (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.
King James Version (KJV)
¶ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
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¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
King James Version (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.
King James Version (KJV)
As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.