Ecclesiastes 5:8 (NIV): What the Church Fathers Said

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

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Third, a remedy is given against erroneous thinking. "If you see the oppressions," etc. Here thirdly he draws back from erroneous thinking, namely so that from seeing the malice of men one should not believe that providence is lacking: whence he says: "If you see the oppressions of the needy:" above in chapter four: "I saw the oppressions that are carried on under the sun, and the tears of the innocent." "And violent judgments," which he saw, above in chapter three: "I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, wickedness." "And …

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