Ecclesiastes 3:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

He 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O the deepenesse of the riches, both of the wisdome, and knowledge of God! howe vnsearcheable are his iudgements, and his wayes past finding out!
  • Rom 1:19-20 : 19 Forasmuch as that, which may be knowe of God, is manifest in them: for God hath shewed it vnto them. 20 For the inuisible things of him, that is, his eternal power & Godhead, are seene by ye creation of the worlde, being considered in his workes, to the intent that they should be without excuse:
  • Eccl 8:17 : 17 Then 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.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 Perfect is the worke of the mighty God: for all his wayes are iudgement. God is true, and without wickednesse: iust, and righteous is he.
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
  • Job 5:9 : 9 Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.
  • Mark 7:37 : 37 And were beyonde measure astonied, saying, Hee hath done all thinges well: he maketh both the deafe to heare, & the domme to speake.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 For as they regarded not to acknowledge God, euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a reprobate minde, to doe those things which are not conuenient,
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O Lord, howe manifolde are thy workes! in wisdome hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 (7:31) Onely loe, this haue I founde, that God hath made man righteous: but they haue sought many inuentions.
  • Job 37:23 : 23 It is the Almightie: we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, & aboundant in iustice: he afflicteth not.

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  • Eccl 3:8-10
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    84%

    8 A time to loue, and a time to hate: a time of warre, and a time of peace.

    9 What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?

    10 I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.

  • Eccl 3:12-15
    4 verses
    81%

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

    13 And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. This is the gift of God.

    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.

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

  • Eccl 3:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.

    2 A time to bee borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to plucke vp that which is planted.

    3 A time to slay, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to builde.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16 When 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,

    17 Then 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 9:1
    77%

    1 I 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.

  • Eccl 3:22
    76%

    22 Therefore 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?

  • Eccl 1:8-10
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    76%

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

    9 What 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.

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

  • Eccl 3:17-19
    3 verses
    75%

    17 I thought in mine heart, God wil iudge the iust and the wicked: for time is there for euery purpose and for euery worke.

    18 I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselues as beastes.

    19 For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    75%

    13 And 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)

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

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

  • Eccl 8:6-7
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    6 For to euery purpose there is a time and iudgement, because the miserie of man is great vpon him.

    7 For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?

  • Eccl 7:13-14
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    13 (7:15) Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?

    14 (7:16) In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.

  • Eccl 2:24
    74%

    24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    74%

    10 And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: & this was my portion of all my trauaile.

    11 Then 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.

  • Eccl 8:9
    73%

    9 All this haue I seene, and haue giuen mine heart to euery worke, which is wrought vnder the sunne, and I sawe a time that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt.

  • Eccl 2:22
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    22 For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20 (5:19) Surely hee will not much remember the dayes of his life, because God answereth to the ioy of his heart.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3 What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

  • Eccl 9:3
    72%

    3 This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    72%

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

    12 (7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • Prov 16:4
    72%

    4 The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake: yea, euen the wicked for the day of euill.

  • Eccl 5:18
    72%

    18 (5:17) Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.

  • Eccl 4:3-4
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    72%

    3 And 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.

    4 Also I beheld all trauaile, & all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie & vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 3:6
    72%

    6 A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.

  • Eccl 9:10
    71%

    10 All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 7:29
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    29 (7:31) Onely loe, this haue I founde, that God hath made man righteous: but they haue sought many inuentions.

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26 Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 11:9
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    9 Reioyce, O yong man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these things, God wil bring thee to iudgement.

  • Ps 33:15
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    15 He facioneth their hearts euery one, and vnderstandeth all their workes.

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16 There 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 8:11
    71%

    11 Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill.

  • Eccl 2:20
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    20 Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.