Ecclesiastes 1:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:12-13 : 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
  • Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Matt 6:27 : 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:13
    81%

    13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

  • Eccl 1:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

    17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 1:8-11
    4 verses
    77%

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

    9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

    10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

    11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

    3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

  • Eccl 6:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

    10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

    11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

  • Eccl 3:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

    14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

    15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

    16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

  • Eccl 1:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

    17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

    18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

  • Eccl 12:8
    75%

    8Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Eccl 4:16
    74%

    16There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 7:15
    74%

    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

  • Eccl 7:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

    24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

    25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

  • Eccl 6:1
    74%

    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

  • Eccl 2:19-22
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    19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

    20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

  • Job 17:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

    11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

  • Eccl 8:14
    73%

    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 2:17
    73%

    17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 3:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

    11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

  • Eccl 7:27
    73%

    27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

  • Eccl 9:1
    72%

    1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Eccl 4:3
    72%

    3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:15
    72%

    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 5:16
    72%

    16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

  • Eccl 4:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

    8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

  • Eccl 9:3
    72%

    3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

  • Job 14:4
    72%

    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  • Eccl 3:22
    71%

    22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?