Ecclesiastes 5:7
If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for there is a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.
Brenton Septuagint
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
6For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.
8Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king is dependent on the tilled field.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that whatsoever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and God has done it, that men may fear before him.
Ecclesiastes 5:3Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.
Ecclesiastes 8:9So I saw all this, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun; all the things wherein man has power over man to afflict him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Hear the end of the matter, the sum: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.
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 →