Ecclesiastes 3:16 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:16

16: I also noticed that throughout the world there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!

Ecclesiastes 4:1

  1. Again I observed all the oppression that takes place in our world. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and the victims are helpless.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

  1. If you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and justice being miscarried throughout the land, don't be surprised! For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice only get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

Psalms 94:21

  1. They attack the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
  2. But the LORD is my fortress; my God is a mighty rock where I can hide.

Micah 2:2

  1. When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!

Isaiah 59:14

  1. Our courts oppose people who are righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth falls dead in the streets, and fairness has been outlawed.

Micah 7:3

  1. They go about their evil deeds with both hands. How skilled they are at using them! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with money and influence pay them off, and together they scheme to twist justice.

Zephaniah 3:3

  1. Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims--out for everything they can get. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.

James 2:6

  1. And yet, you insult the poor man! Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

Psalms 82:2

  1. "How long will you judges hand down unjust decisions? How long will you shower special favors on the wicked?
  2. "Give fair judgment to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
  3. Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.
  4. But these oppressors know nothing; they are so ignorant! And because they are in darkness, the whole world is shaken to the core.

1 Kings 21:9

  1. In her letters she commanded: "Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer and give Naboth a place of honor.
  2. Find two scoundrels who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death."
  3. So the elders and other leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters.
  4. They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
  5. Then two scoundrels accused him before all the people of cursing God and the king. So he was dragged outside the city and stoned to death.

Acts 23:3

  1. But Paul said to him, "God will slap you, you whitewashed wall! What kind of judge are you to break the law yourself by ordering me struck like that?"

Matthew 26:59

  1. Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death.

Psalms 58:1

  1. Justice--do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly?
  2. No, all your dealings are crooked; you hand out violence instead of justice.
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