Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this I have seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
- Ecclesiastes 4:7–8 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.