Ecclesiastes 5:8-18 (NIV)
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"(8) If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
(9) The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
(10) Whoever...