Ecclesiastes 5:7
If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
In Context
8Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:14I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.
Ecclesiastes 5:3If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.
Ecclesiastes 8:9All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:
Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:5-9
The Obligation of a Vow. 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.… Read the whole commentary →