Ecclesiastes 4:1

¹I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.a

Ecclesiastes 4 continues the Teacher's unflinching gaze under the sun, exposing the futility woven into human relationships and ambition. He observes oppression without comfort, envy-driven toil, and the loneliness of the solitary striver. Yet in the midst of this bleak inventory, h

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a: v.1 — Ecclesiastes 3:16, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 5:7, Psalms 42:3, Lamentations 1:9, Matthew 26:56, Job 35:9, Psalms 42:9, Isaiah 51:23, James 5:4
b: v.4 — 1 John 3:12, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 2:21, Ecclesiastes 2:26, 1 Samuel 18:29-30, 1 Samuel 18:14-16, Genesis 37:2-11, Ecclesiastes 4:16, Matthew 27:18, 1 Samuel 18:8-9
c: v.6 — Proverbs 16:8, Proverbs 15:16-17, Psalms 37:16, Proverbs 17:1
d: v.8 — 1 John 2:16, Proverbs 27:20, Luke 12:20, Ecclesiastes 1:8, Matthew 11:28, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Genesis 2:18, Isaiah 56:3-5, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Isaiah 5:8
e: v.9 — Proverbs 27:17, Genesis 2:18, 1 Corinthians 12:18-21, Numbers 11:14, Mark 6:7, John 4:36, Ruth 2:12, Acts 13:2, Haggai 1:14, Exodus 4:14-16
f: v.10 — 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:18, Galatians 6:1, Isaiah 35:3-4, Job 4:3-4, 1 Samuel 23:16, Luke 22:31-32, Exodus 32:2-4, 2 Samuel 12:7-14, Deuteronomy 9:19-20

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