Ecclesiastes 7:13

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Eccl 1:15 : 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall dnnul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
  • Rom 9:19 : 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
  • 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?
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
  • 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:
  • Job 37:14 : 14 Hearken unto this, O : stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Eccl 3:11 : 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.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
  • Job 9:12 : 12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Job 11:10 : 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:14-16
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    83%

    14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

    15 All 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.

    16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    13 And 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.

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

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

  • 17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: bause 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 3:9-12
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    9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

    10 I 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.

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

  • 1 For all this I considered in my heart even to dlare 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.

  • 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 7:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

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

    25 I 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 3:14-15
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    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.

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

  • 14 Hearken unto this, O : stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

  • Job 36:23-24
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    23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

    24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

  • Eccl 2:25-26
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    25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

    26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • 22 Wherefore 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?

  • 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

  • 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

  • 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

  • Eccl 8:6-7
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    6 Bause to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

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

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    10 That 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?

    12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 7:10-11
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    10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

    11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

  • 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

  • 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

  • 8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

  • 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 Then 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.

  • 16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

  • 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

  • 21 For 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.

  • 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  • 9 He that walketh uightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  • 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

  • 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.