Cross references

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 BSB

Ecclesiastes 4:1 has 41 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 39 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 3:16 (13 votes) and Ecclesiastes 5:8 (8 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Exodus 1 to Revelation 14.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 4:1 point to?

The 20 strongest of 41, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

  2. If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

  3. Isaiah 5:77 votes

    For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

  4. At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them. But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

  5. Job 35:96 votes

    Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

  6. Psalm 12:56 votes

    “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

  7. Psalm 42:36 votes

    My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

  8. Psalm 42:96 votes

    I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

  9. I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

  10. rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. …

  11. James 5:46 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 4:1?

The 10 strongest of 27.