Ecclesiastes 3:16
I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.
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Psalms 58:1Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house, in order to execute him.
Psalms 82:2O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.
Ecclesiastes 4:1I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help.
Ecclesiastes 5:8But finally, there is the King who rules over the entire earth, which is subject to him.
Micah 2:2And they have desired fields and have taken them by violence, and they have stolen houses. And they have made false accusations against a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
Zephaniah 3:3Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:12-16
Mutability of Human Affairs. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken… Read the whole commentary →