Ecclesiastes 1:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • 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?›

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  • Eccl 7:13
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    13Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked?

  • Eccl 1:13-14
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    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
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    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
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    8All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

    9¶ The 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.

    11[There 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
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    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
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    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.

    12¶ And 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
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    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.

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

  • Eccl 3:14-16
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    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.

    16¶ And 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
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    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
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    8¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16[There 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
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    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
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    23¶ All 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
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    1¶ There 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
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    10¶ But 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
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    14¶ There 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
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    17¶ Therefore 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
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    10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

    11¶ He 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
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    27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to find out the account:

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1¶ For 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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    7¶ Then 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.

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    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.

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

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    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?