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Ecclesiastes 8:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Section 5. There is no use in repining or rebelling; true wisdom counsels obedience to the powers that be, and submission to the dispensations of Providence. However oppressive a tyrant may prove sure retribution awaits him.

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