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Eccl.7.7

Ecclesiastes 7:7

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

The Value of Wisdom

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Exodus 23:8
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And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Justice and Mercy

Deuteronomy 16:19
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Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Judges and Justice

Proverbs 17:8
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A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness

Proverbs 17:23
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A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness

Ecclesiastes 4:1
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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

Ecclesiastes 5:8
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¶ 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 8:9
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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