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Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
International Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
International Standard Version
7 In spite of many daydreams, pointless actions, and empty words, it is more important to fear God.
The Use and Abuse of Wealth
8 Don’t be surprised when you see the poor oppressed and the violent perverting both justice and verdicts[a] in a province, for one high official watches another, and there are ones higher still over them. 9 Also, the increase of the land belongs to everyone; the king himself is served by his[b] field.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:8 Or judgment
- Ecclesiastes 5:9 The Heb. lacks his
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