Ecclesiastes 7:13

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Eccl 1:15 : 15 That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 Because the Lorde of hostes hath determined it, and who shall disanull it? and his hande is stretched out, and who shall turne it away?
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will. 11 I call a birde from the East, and the man of my counsell from farre: as I haue spoken, so will I bring it to passe: I haue purposed it, and I will doe it.
  • Rom 9:19 : 19 Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his will?
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom also we are chosen when we were predestinate according to ye purpose of him, which worketh all things after the counsell of his owne will,
  • 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?
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercy on him, to whom I wil shew mercie: and wil haue compassion on him, on who I wil haue copassion.
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 Yea, before the day was, I am, and there is none that can deliuer out of mine hand: I will doe it, and who shall let it?
  • 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?
  • Job 37:14 : 14 Hearken vnto this, O Iob: stand and consider the wonderous workes of God.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined,
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Who is wise that hee may obserue these things? for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 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.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harpe and viole, timbrel, and pipe, and wine are in their feastes: but they regard not the worke of the Lorde, neither consider the worke of his handes.
  • Job 9:12 : 12 Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
  • Job 11:10 : 10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?

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