Ecclesiastes 4:1
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Evil Under the Sun
4 (A)Again I (B)saw all (C)the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had (D)no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
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Ecclesiastes 3:16
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From Dust to Dust
16 Moreover, (A)I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even (B)there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
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Isaiah 5:7
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7 (A)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed;[a]
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry![b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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The Vanity of Wealth and Honor
8 (A)If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, (B)do not be amazed at the matter, (C)for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
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James 5:4
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4 Behold, (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (C)the Lord of hosts.
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2 Timothy 4:16-17
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16 At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. (A)May it not be charged against them! 17 But (B)the Lord stood by me and (C)strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and (D)all the Gentiles might hear it. So (E)I was rescued (F)from the lion's mouth.
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Matthew 26:56
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56 But (A)all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” (B)Then all the disciples left him and fled.
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Malachi 3:18
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18 Then once more you shall (A)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Lamentations 1:9
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9 Her uncleanness was (A)in her skirts;
(B)she took no thought of her future;[a]
therefore her fall is terrible;
(C)she has no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
for the enemy has (D)triumphed!”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:9 Or end
Lamentations 1:2
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2 (A)She weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
(B)among all her lovers
she has (C)none to comfort her;
(D)all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.
Isaiah 59:13-15
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13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
(A)speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Judgment and Redemption
14 (B)Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him[a]
that there was no justice.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:15 Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes
Isaiah 59:7
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7 (A)Their feet run to evil,
and they are swift to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.
Isaiah 51:23
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23 (A)and I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
(B)who have said to you,
‘Bow down, that we may pass over’;
and (C)you have made your back like the ground
and like the street for them to pass over.”
Psalm 42:9
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9 I say to God, (A)my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
(B)Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Psalm 42:3
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3 (A)My tears have been my food
day and night,
(B)while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
Psalm 12:5
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5 “Because (A)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
(B)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the (C)safety for which he longs.”
Malachi 2:13
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13 And this second thing you do. (A)You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.
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Ecclesiastes 7:7
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Proverbs 28:15-16
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15 Like (A)a roaring lion or (B)a charging bear
is (C)a wicked ruler over a poor people.
16 A ruler who (D)lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,
but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
Proverbs 28:3
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3 (A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 19:7
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7 (A)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
(B)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain
Psalm 142:4
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4 (A)Look to the (B)right and see:
(C)there is none who takes notice of me;
(D)no refuge remains to me;
no one cares for my soul.
Psalm 80:5
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5 You have fed them with (A)the bread of tears
and given them tears to drink in full measure.
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