Ecclesiastes 4:1 Cross References

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 3:16

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

Isaiah 5:7

  1. This is the story of the LORD's people. They are the vineyard of the LORD Almighty. Israel and Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected them to yield a crop of justice, but instead he found bloodshed. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of oppression.

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 42:3

  1. Day and night, I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, "Where is this God of yours?"

Psalms 42:9

  1. "O God my rock," I cry, "Why have you forsaken me? Why must I wander in darkness, oppressed by my enemies?"

Matthew 26:56

  1. But this is all happening to fulfill the words of the prophets as recorded in the Scriptures." At that point, all the disciples deserted him and fled.

James 5:4

  1. For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

2 Timothy 4:16

  1. The first time I was brought before the judge, no one was with me. Everyone had abandoned me. I hope it will not be counted against them.
  2. But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength, that I might preach the Good News in all its fullness for all the Gentiles to hear. And he saved me from certain death.

Lamentations 1:2

  1. She sobs through the night; tears stream down her cheeks. Among all her lovers, there is no one left to help her. All her friends have betrayed her; they are now her enemies.

Psalms 12:5

  1. The LORD replies, "I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do."

Lamentations 1:9

  1. She defiled herself with immorality with no thought of the punishment that would follow. Now she lies in the gutter with no one to lift her out. "LORD, see my deep misery," she cries. "The enemy has triumphed."

Malachi 3:5

  1. At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

Malachi 3:18

  1. Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."

Isaiah 51:23

  1. But I will put that cup into the hands of those who tormented you. I will give it to those who trampled you into the dust and walked on your backs."

Isaiah 59:13

  1. We know that we have rebelled against the LORD. We have turned our backs on God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies.
  2. 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.
  3. Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who tries to live a godly life is soon attacked. The LORD looked and was displeased to find that there was no justice.

Isaiah 59:7

  1. Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Wherever they go, misery and destruction follow them.

Job 35:9

  1. "The oppressed cry out beneath the wrongs that are done to them. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

  1. Extortion turns wise people into fools, and bribes corrupt the heart.

Psalms 142:4

  1. I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.

Exodus 2:23

  1. Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites still groaned beneath their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their pleas for deliverance rose up to God.
  2. God heard their cries and remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Malachi 2:13

  1. Here is another thing you do. You cover the LORD's altar with tears, weeping and groaning because he pays no attention to your offerings, and he doesn't accept them with pleasure.

Nehemiah 5:1

  1. About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.
  2. They were saying, "We have such large families. We need more money just so we can buy the food we need to survive."
  3. Others said, "We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine."
  4. And others said, "We have already borrowed to the limit on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.
  5. We belong to the same family, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others."

Proverbs 19:7

  1. If the relatives of the poor despise them, how much more will their friends avoid them. The poor call after them, but they are gone.

Exodus 5:16

  1. "We are given no straw, but we are still told to make as many bricks as before. We are beaten for something that isn't our fault! It is the fault of your slave drivers for making such unreasonable demands."
  2. But Pharaoh replied, "You're just lazy! You obviously don't have enough to do. If you did, you wouldn't be saying, `Let us go, so we can offer sacrifices to the LORD.'
  3. Now, get back to work! No straw will be given to you, but you must still deliver the regular quota of bricks."
  4. Since Pharaoh would not let up on his demands, the Israelite foremen could see that they were in serious trouble.

Psalms 80:5

  1. You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful.

Job 6:29

  1. Stop assuming my guilt, for I am righteous. Don't be so unjust.

Exodus 1:22

  1. Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: "Throw all the newborn Israelite boys into the Nile River. But you may spare the baby girls."

Exodus 1:16

  1. "When you help the Hebrew women give birth, kill all the boys as soon as they are born. Allow only the baby girls to live."

Deuteronomy 28:48

  1. you will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. They will oppress you harshly until you are destroyed.

Psalms 69:20

  1. Their insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. If only one person would show some pity; if only one would turn and comfort me.

Proverbs 28:15

  1. A wicked ruler is as dangerous to the poor as a lion or bear attacking them.
  2. Only a stupid prince will oppress his people, but a king will have a long reign if he hates dishonesty and bribes.

Exodus 1:13

  1. and decided to make their slavery more bitter still.
  2. They were ruthless with the Israelites, forcing them to make bricks and mortar and to work long hours in the fields.

Job 16:4

  1. I could say the same things if you were in my place. I could spout off my criticisms against you and shake my head at you.

Proverbs 28:3

  1. A poor person who oppresses the poor is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

Deuteronomy 28:33

  1. A foreign nation you have never heard about will eat the crops you worked so hard to grow. You will suffer under constant oppression and harsh treatment.

Psalms 10:9

  1. Like lions they crouch silently, waiting to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture their victims and drag them away in nets.
  2. The helpless are overwhelmed and collapse; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.

Job 19:21

  1. "Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for the hand of God has struck me.
  2. Why must you persecute me as God does? Why aren't you satisfied with my anguish?

Job 24:7

  1. All night they lie naked in the cold, without clothing or covering.
  2. They are soaked by mountain showers, and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.
  3. "The wicked snatch a widow's child from her breast; they take the baby as a pledge for a loan.
  4. The poor must go about naked, without any clothing. They are forced to carry food while they themselves are starving.
  5. They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it, and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.

Judges 4:3

  1. Sisera, who had nine hundred iron chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help.

Judges 10:7

  1. So the LORD burned with anger against Israel, and he handed them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites,
  2. who began to oppress them that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites east of the Jordan River in the land of the Amorites (that is, in Gilead).

Psalms 102:8

  1. My enemies taunt me day after day. They mock and curse me.
  2. I eat ashes instead of my food. My tears run down into my drink
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