Verse 15

What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:12-13 : 12 For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its possessor. 13 Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?
  • Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it nor taken from it. God does this so that people will fear Him.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 and that He would declare to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is double what you imagine. Know then that God exacts less of you than your guilt deserves.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 When He gives quietness, who can condemn? When He hides His face, who can behold Him? Yet He watches over both nation and man alike.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it come to pass, unless the Lord has decreed it?
  • Matt 6:27 : 27 Who among you, by worrying, can add a single cubit to their lifespan?