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Ecclesiastes 5:8

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.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8 has 52 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 12:5 (7 votes) and Ecclesiastes 4:1 (6 votes). 39 other verses point back to it. It links with 32 other books, from Genesis 31 to Revelation 17.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 5:8 point to?

The 20 strongest of 52, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 12:57 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.”

  2. Ecclesiastes 4:16 votes

    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.

  3. Ecclesiastes 3:165 votes

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

  4. 1 Kings 21:19–203 votes

    Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’” When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.

  5. Psalm 58:10–113 votes

    The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

  6. Psalm 82:13 votes

    A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

  7. Matthew 13:41–423 votes

    The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  8. Revelation 17:6–73 votes

    I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her. “Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

  9. 1 Chronicles 21:15–162 votes

    Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

  10. Job 27:8–232 votes

    For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? …

  11. Psalm 10:17–182 votes
  12. Psalm 55:92 votes
  13. Psalm 83:182 votes
  14. Psalm 95:32 votes
  15. Psalm 140:11–122 votes
  16. Proverbs 8:172 votes
  17. Isaiah 3:152 votes
  18. Isaiah 5:72 votes
  19. Isaiah 10:5–72 votes
  20. Isaiah 10:122 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 5:8?

The 10 strongest of 39.