Ecclesiastes 7:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Consider the work of God, for who can make straight what He has made crooked?

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  • Eccl 1:15 : 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 Behold, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt: He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who will 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 who executes my counsel from a far country: yes, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
  • Rom 9:19 : 19 You will say then to me, Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will:
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For He says 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 Yes, before the day was, I am He; and there is none who can deliver out of My hand: I will work, and who shall hinder it?
  • Job 34:29 : 29 When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him? Whether it be done against a nation or against a man only.
  • Job 37:14 : 14 Listen to this, O Job; stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the operation of his hands.
  • Job 9:12 : 12 Behold, He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who will say to Him, What are you doing?
  • Job 11:10 : 10 If He passes by, and imprisons, or gathers together, then who can stop Him?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:14-16
    3 verses
    83%

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

    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

    16Do not be overly righteous, nor make yourself overly wise; why should you destroy yourself?

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    81%

    13And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.

  • Eccl 8:17
    75%

    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 3:9-12
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    9What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?

    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

    11He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    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 one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 7:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Eccl 3:14-15
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    73%

    14I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.

    15That which is, has already been; and that which is to be, has already been; and God requires an account of the past.

  • Job 37:14
    73%

    14Listen to this, O Job; stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

  • Job 36:23-24
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    23Who has ordered him his way? or who can say, You have done wrong?

    24Remember to magnify his work, which men behold.

  • Eccl 2:25-26
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    73%

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 3:22
    72%

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

  • Eccl 7:29
    72%

    29Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

  • Job 23:13
    72%

    13But he is of one mind, and who can change him? And whatever his soul desires, that he does.

  • Job 11:7
    72%

    7Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection?

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

    7For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Eccl 6:10-12
    3 verses
    71%

    10That which has been is already named, and it is known that it is man: nor can he contend with one mightier than he.

    11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

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

  • Eccl 7:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10Do not say, 'Why were the former days better than these?' for you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

    11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.

  • Job 11:10
    71%

    10If He passes by, and imprisons, or gathers together, then who can stop Him?

  • Job 7:17
    71%

    17What is man, that you should magnify him, and that you should set your heart upon him?

  • Prov 21:8
    71%

    8The way of the guilty is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Job 9:4
    71%

    4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against Him and succeeded?

  • Prov 19:3
    71%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 16:4
    70%

    4The LORD has made all things for Himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    70%

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

  • Isa 29:16
    70%

    16Surely 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?

  • Job 33:13
    70%

    13Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.

  • Eccl 2:21
    70%

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Job 42:3
    70%

    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

  • Prov 10:9
    70%

    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Eccl 7:20
    70%

    20For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

  • Job 4:17
    70%

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

  • Job 10:3
    70%

    3Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Eccl 3:17
    70%

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