Ecclesiastes 5:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.

⁶ Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.

⁷ If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these: