Ecclesiastes 1:15

World English Bible (2000)

That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:12-13 : 12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it. 13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
  • Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 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 ask him, What are you doing?
  • Matt 6:27 : 27 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:13
    81%

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

  • Eccl 1:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13 I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

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

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

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

    17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

  • Eccl 1:8-11
    4 verses
    77%

    8 All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

    9 That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

    10 Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?" It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

    11 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

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

    3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

  • Eccl 6:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

    10 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

    11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

  • Eccl 3:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

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

    15 That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away.

    16 Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

  • Eccl 1:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16 I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."

    17 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

    18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

  • Eccl 12:8
    75%

    8 "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher. "All is vanity!"

  • Eccl 4:16
    74%

    16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 7:15
    74%

    15 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

  • Eccl 7:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

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

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

    25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Eccl 6:1
    74%

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

  • Eccl 2:19-22
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    73%

    19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

  • Job 17:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.

    11 My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

  • Eccl 8:14
    73%

    14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous 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 2:17
    73%

    17 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 3:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

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

    11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

    12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

  • Eccl 7:27
    73%

    27 "Behold, I have found this," says the Preacher, "one to another, to find out the scheme;

  • Eccl 9:1
    72%

    1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.

  • Eccl 4:3
    72%

    3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:15
    72%

    15 Then I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen 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%

    16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

  • Eccl 4:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

    8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. "For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?" This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

  • Eccl 9:3
    72%

    3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes 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%

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

  • Eccl 3:22
    71%

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