Ecclesiastes 7:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Consider the worke of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, whiche he maketh crooked.

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  • Eccl 1:15 : 15 The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 Beholde if he breake downe a thing, who can set it vp againe? yf he shut a thing, who wyll open it?
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 For yf the Lord of hoastes determine a thyng, who is able to disanull it? And if he stretch foorth his hande, who may returne it agayne?
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 In the beginning of a thing I shewe the ende therof, & I tell before thinges that are not yet come to passe: My deuise standeth stedfastly stablished, and I fulfill all my pleasure. 11 I call a byrde out of the east, and the man by whom my counsayle shalbe fulfilled out of straunge countreys, as I haue spoken, so wyll I bryng to passe, assoone as I thinke to deuise a thing, I do it.
  • Rom 9:19 : 19 Thou wylt say then vnto me: Why then blameth he vs yet? For who hath ben able to resist his wyll?
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom also we are chosen, beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll:
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothing, and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, among the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that may resist his hand, or say vnto him, what doest thou?
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For he sayth to Moyses: I wyll shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy: And wyll haue compassion, on whom I haue compassion.
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 And euen he am I who was from the beginning, and there is none that can take any thing out of my hande: I do the worke, and who shalbe able to let it?
  • Job 34:29 : 29 When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpo one man onely:
  • Job 37:14 : 14 Hearken vnto this O Iob, stand still, and consider the wonderous workes of God.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 For I will consider thy heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers: the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned.
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whosoeuer is wyse, he wyll both obserue these thinges: and also well consider the louing kindnesse of God.
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 All this hath he ordeyned marueilous goodly, to euery thyng his due tyme: He hath planted ignoraunce also in the heartes of men, that they shoulde not comprehende the ground of his workes which he doth from the begynnyng to the ende.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 In their feastes are harpes and lutes, tabrettes and pipes, and wine: but they regarde not the worke of the Lord, and consider not the operatio of his handes.
  • Job 9:12 : 12 If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou?
  • Job 11:10 : 10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?

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  • Eccl 7:14-16
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    14Use well the tyme of prosperitie, and remember the tyme of misfortune: for God doth so temper the one and the other, that a man can finde nothing els.

    15All thinges haue I considered in the time of my vanitie: that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnesse sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.

    16Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse, that thou perishe not.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    13And dyd applie my mynde to seke out & searche for knowledge of all thynges that are done vnder heauen: Such trauayle and labour hath God geuen vnto the children of men, to exercise them selues therin.

    14Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

    15The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.

  • Eccl 3:9-12
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    9What hath a man els that doth any thyng, but weerinesse and labour?

    10For as touchyng the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto men, I see that he hath geuen it them to be exercised in it.

    11All this hath he ordeyned marueilous goodly, to euery thyng his due tyme: He hath planted ignoraunce also in the heartes of men, that they shoulde not comprehende the ground of his workes which he doth from the begynnyng to the ende.

    12So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14Yet is there a vanitie vpon earth: There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly: Againe, there be vngodly, with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of the righteous: This haue I called also a vayne thing.

  • Eccl 7:24-25
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    24yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her.

    25I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.

  • Eccl 3:14-15
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    14I considered also that whatsoeuer God doth, it continueth for euer: And that nothyng can be put vnto it, nor taken from it, & that God doth it to the intent that men shoulde feare hym.

    15The thyng that hath ben, is nowe: and the thyng that is for to come, hath ben afore time: for God restoreth againe the thyng that was past.

  • Job 37:14
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    14Hearken vnto this O Iob, stand still, and consider the wonderous workes of God.

  • Job 36:23-24
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    23Who wyll reproue him of his way? Who wil say vnto him, Thou hast done wrong?

    24Remember that thou do magnifie his worke which men do praise,

  • Eccl 2:25-26
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    25For who wyll eate or go more lustyly to his worke then I?

    26And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

  • Eccl 7:29
    72%

    29Lo this onlye haue I founde, that God made man iust and right: but they sought many inuentions.

  • Job 23:13
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    13He is still at one poynt, and who can turne him? he doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will.

  • Job 11:7
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    7Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie?

  • Eccl 8:6-7
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    72%

    6For euery thing wyll haue oportunitie and iudgement: and this is the thing that maketh men full of carefulnesse and sorowe.

    7And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come: for who can tell hym when it shalbe?

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    71%

    10The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he.

    11Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 7:10-11
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    71%

    10Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

    11Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

  • Job 11:10
    71%

    10Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?

  • Job 7:17
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    17What is man that thou doest magnifie him? and that thou settest thy heart vpon him?

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the vngodly is frowarde and straunge: but of the pure man his worke is right.

  • Job 9:4
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    4He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength: who hath ben fearce against hym, and hath prospered?

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 16:4
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    4The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake: yea, the vngodly for the day of wrath.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    11But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.

    12Then turned I me to consider wisdome, errour, and foolishnesse (for what is he among men that myght be compared to me the kyng in such workes?)

  • Isa 29:16
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    16Doubtlesse your destruction is in reputation as the potters clay: And doth the worke say of hym that made it, he made not me? And doth an earthen vessell say of hym that fashioned it, he had no vnderstanding?

  • Job 33:13
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    13And why doest thou then striue against him? for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes.

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie.

  • Job 42:3
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    3For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He that walketh vprightly, walketh surely: but whoso goeth a wrong way, shalbe knowen.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not.

  • Job 4:17
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    17Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker?

  • Job 10:3
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    3Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly?

  • Eccl 3:17
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    17Then thought I in my mynde, God shall separate the ryghteous from the vngodly: and then shalbe the tyme and iudgement of all counsayles & workes.