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.
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Ecclesiastes 3:16 · 13 connections
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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.
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: …
End of linked passage: 1 Kings 21:21Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? …
End of linked passage: Psalms 58:2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 82:5They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 94:22And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
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