Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
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7 With many dreams come vanities and a multitude of words,[a] but fear God.(A)
8 If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and right, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.(B) 9 But all things considered, this is an advantage for a land: a king for a plowed field.[b]
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Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
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7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
8 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.
9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
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