Ecclesiastes 1:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:12-13 : 12 (7:14) For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof. 13 (7:15) Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
  • Isa 40:4 : 4 Euery valley shall be exalted, and euery mountaine and hill shall be made lowe: and the crooked shalbe streight, & the rough places plaine.
  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is he then that sayth, & it commeth to passe, and the Lord commandeth it not?
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 (4:32) And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, and in the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, nor say vnto him, What doest thou?
  • Matt 6:27 : 27 Which of you by taking care is able to adde one cubite vnto his stature?

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  • Eccl 7:13
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    13(7:15) Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?

  • Eccl 1:13-14
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    13And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by all things that are done vnder the heauen: (this sore trauaile hath GOD giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby)

    14I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,

    17Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it.

  • Eccl 1:8-11
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    8All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

    9What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

    10Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.

    11There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
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    2Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

    3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    11Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

    12And I turned to beholde wisedome, and madnes and follie: (for who is the man that will come after the King in things, which men nowe haue done?)

  • Eccl 6:9-11
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    9The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, & vexation of spirit.

    10What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.

    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

  • Eccl 3:14-16
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    14I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him.

    15What is that that hath bene? That is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.

    16And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.

  • Eccl 1:16-18
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    16I thought in mine heart, and said, Behold, I am become great, and excell in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalem: and mine heart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge.

    17And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.

    18For in the multitude of wisedome is much griefe: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorowe.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15(7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

  • Eccl 7:23-25
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    23(7:2) All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.

    24(7:26) It is farre off, what may it be? And it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?

    25(7:27) I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

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    1There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:

  • Eccl 2:19-22
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    19And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.

    20Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.

    21For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

    22For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?

  • Job 17:10-11
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    10All you therefore turne you, and come nowe, and I shall not finde one wise among you.

    11My dayes are past, mine enterprises are broken, and the thoughts of mine heart

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    14There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 3:10-12
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    10I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.

    11He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought fro the beginning euen to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.

  • Eccl 7:27
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    27(7:29) Beholde, sayth the Preacher, this haue I found, seeking one by one to finde the count:

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.

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    3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

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    15Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.

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    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

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    8There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

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    4Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.

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    22Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?