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Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the [a]angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands? For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God. If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in [b]a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Or, messenger of God. See Mal. 2:7.
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Or, the state