Ecclesiastes 4:1
I 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.
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2And so, I praised the dead more than the living.
Cross References
Exodus 1:16instructing them: “When you will act as a midwife to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery has arrived: if it is male, put it to death; if it is female, retain it.”
Exodus 2:23In truth, after a long time, the king of Egypt was dead. And the sons of Israel, groaning, cried out because of the works. And their cry ascended to God from the works.
Exodus 5:18Therefore, go and work. Straw will not be given to you, and you will return the customary number of bricks.”
Deuteronomy 28:48You will serve your enemy, whom the Lord will send to you, in hunger and thirst and nakedness, and in destitution of all things. And he will place an iron yoke upon your neck, until he has crushed you.
Judges 10:7And the Lord, becoming angry against them, delivered them into the hands of the Philistines and the sons of Ammon.
Job 6:29Respond, I beg you, without contention, and, speaking what is just, pass judgment.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:1
Solomon, having shown the vanity of this world in the temptation which those in power feel to oppress and trample upon their subjects, here further shows, I. The temptation which the oppressed feel to discontent and impatience, ver. 1-3 . II. The temptation which those that love their case feel to take their case and neglect business, for fear of being envied, ver. 4-6 . III. The folly of hoarding up abundance of worldly wealth, ver. 7, 8 . IV. A remedy against that folly, in being made sensible of the benefit of… Read the whole commentary →