Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 If in a country thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the defrauding of judgment and justice, be not astonied at the matter: for he that is [a]higher than the highest, regardeth, and there be higher than they.
8 And the [b]abundance of the earth is over all: the king [c]also consisteth by the field that is tilled.
9 He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver, and he that loveth riches, shall be without the fruit thereof: this is also vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:7 Meaning, that God will redress these things, and therefore we must depend upon him.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 The earth is to be preferred above all things which appertain to this life.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 Kings and Princes cannot maintain their estate without tillage, which thing commendeth the excellency of tillage.
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