Ecclesiastes 5:8

and ferthermore the kyng of al erthe comaundith to the seruaunt.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

In Context

7If thou seest false chalengis of nedi men, and violent domes, and that riytfulnesse is distried in the prouynce, wondre thou not on this doyng; for another is hiyere than an hiy man, and also othere men ben more hiye aboue these men;

9An auerouse man schal not be fillid of monei; and he that loueth richessis schal not take fruytis of tho; and therfor this is vanyte.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:15Also he sente an aungel in to Jerusalem, that he schulde smyte it; and whanne it was smytun, the Lord siy, and hadde merci on the greetnesse of yuel; and comaundide to the aungel that smoot, It suffisith, now thin hond ceesse. Forsothe the aungel of the Lord stood bisidis the cornfloor of Ornam Jebusey.

Job 20:19For he brake, and made nakid the hows of a pore man; he rauyschide, and bildide it not.

Job 27:8For what is the hope of an ypocrite, if he rauyschith gredili, and God delyuerith not his soule?

Psalms 12:5lest ony tyme myn enemye seie, Y hadde the maistri ayens hym. Thei, that troblen me, schulen haue ioie, if Y schal be stirid; forsothe Y hopide in thi merci.

Psalms 58:10I schal kepe my strengthe to thee;

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