Ecclesiastes 5:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 Let not your utterances make you guilty, and say not before his representative, “It was a mistake.” Why should God be angered by your words and destroy the works of your hands? 6 (A)Despite many dreams, futilities, and a multitude of words, fear God!
Gain and Loss of Goods. 7 (B)If you see oppression of the poor, and violation of rights and justice in the realm, do not be astonished by the fact, for the high official has another higher than he watching him and above these are others higher still—.
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