Ecclesiastes 5:9

Powerful Bureaucrats Exploit The Helpless Poor

⁸ If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them. ⁹ The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field. ¹⁰ The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

Of The Earth

Genesis 1:29-30

God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you,

Genesis 3:17-19

And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:

The ground is cursed because of you.
You will eat from it by means of painful labor
all the days of your life.

1 Samuel 8:12-17

He can appoint them for his use as commanders of thousands or commanders of fifties, to plow his ground or reap his harvest, or to make his weapons of war or the equipment for his chariots.

1 Kings 4:7-23

Solomon had 12 deputies for all Israel. They provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month out of the year.

1 Chronicles 27:26-31

Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of those who worked in the fields tilling the soil.

Psalm 104:14-15

He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the Lord’s,
but the earth He has given to the human race.

Proverbs 13:23

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,
but without justice, it is swept away.

Proverbs 27:23-27

Know well the condition of your flock,
and pay attention to your herds,

Proverbs 28:19

The one who works his land
will have plenty of food,
but whoever chases fantasies
will have his fill of poverty.

Jeremiah 40:10-12

As for me, I am going to live in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have captured.”