Ecclesiastes 3:16
I also observed that here on earth there was evil even in the place where there was supposed to be justice; even where things were meant to be right, there was evil.
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15Whatever was, is; and whatever will be, has been, and God examines the whole of time.
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Psalms 58:1You leaders, do you really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?
Psalms 82:2How long will you make unfair judgments and show favoritism to the wicked? Selah.
Ecclesiastes 4:1Then I turned to consider all the ways people oppress others here on earth. Look at the tears of the oppressed—there's no one to comfort them! Powerful people oppress them, and there's no one to comfort them!
Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see poor people somewhere being oppressed, or truth and justice violated, don't be shocked at it, for every official is responsible to others higher up, and there are officials over them as well.
Micah 2:2They seize any fields they want. They take any houses they want. They cheat people of their houses, and steal their inheritance.
Zephaniah 3:3Your leaders are as greedy as roaring lions; your judges are ravenous wolves that leave nothing behind by 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 →