Ecclesiastes 5:7-9

Tree of Life Version

Bureaucratic Oppression

⁷ If you see the oppression of the poor or perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the matter. For one authority watches over another authority, and higher ones are over them. ⁸ Though the profit of the land is taken by all, a king is served by the fields.

Futility of Wealth