Ecclesiastes 10:6

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What does Ecclesiastes 10:6 mean?

Ecclesiastes 10:6 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 10:6

• Proverbs 28:12

  When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

• Proverbs 29:2

  When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

• Esther 3:1

  After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

• Psalms 12:8

  The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

• 1 Kings 12:13-14

  And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him; And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

• Proverbs 28:28

  When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

• Judges 9:14-20

  Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands; (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: …

• James 2:3-5

  And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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Context

• Ecclesiastes 10:5

  There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

• Ecclesiastes 10:6

  Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

• Ecclesiastes 10:7

  I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

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