Ecclesiastes 7:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:15 : 15 That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure; 11 Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
  • Rom 9:19 : 19 But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose?
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?
  • Job 34:29 : 29 ...
  • Job 37:14 : 14 Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.
  • Job 9:12 : 12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?
  • Job 11:10 : 10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:14-16
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    83%

    14 In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

    15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

    16 Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    81%

    13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

    14 I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

    15 That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • Eccl 3:9-12
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    9 What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

    10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

    11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

    12 I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1 All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14 There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 7:24-25
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    24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

    25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Eccl 3:14-15
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    14 I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

    15 Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

  • Job 37:14
    73%

    14 Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

  • Job 36:23-24
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    73%

    23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

    24 See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

  • Eccl 2:25-26
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    73%

    25 Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

    26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 3:22
    72%

    22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Eccl 7:29
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    29 This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

  • Job 23:13
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    13 But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.

  • Job 11:7
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    7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

  • Eccl 8:6-7
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    6 For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.

    7 No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

  • Eccl 6:10-12
    3 verses
    71%

    10 That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

    11 There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

    12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 7:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

    11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Job 11:10
    71%

    10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

  • Job 7:17
    71%

    17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • Prov 21:8
    71%

    8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

  • Job 9:4
    71%

    4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 16:4
    70%

    4 The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    70%

    11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12 And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

  • Isa 29:16
    70%

    16 You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?

  • Job 33:13
    70%

    13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

  • Eccl 2:21
    70%

    21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

  • Job 42:3
    70%

    3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

  • Job 4:17
    70%

    17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • Job 10:3
    70%

    3 What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

  • Eccl 3:17
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    17 I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.