Ecclesiastes 7:13

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Eccl 1:15 : 15 That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times 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 of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
  • Rom 9:19 : 19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;
  • 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?
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?"
  • 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,
  • Job 37:14 : 14 "Listen to this, 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 will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh. A Song. A Psalm by David.
  • Eccl 3:11 : 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.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don't respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
  • Job 9:12 : 12 Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
  • Job 11:10 : 10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

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  • Eccl 7:14-16
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    14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

    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.

    16 Don't be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    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.

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

  • Eccl 8:17
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    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 3:9-12
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    9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

    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 9:1
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    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 8:14
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    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 7:24-25
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    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 3:14-15
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    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.

  • Job 37:14
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    14 "Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

  • Job 36:23-24
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    23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'

    24 "Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung.

  • Eccl 2:25-26
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    25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    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?

  • Eccl 7:29
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    29 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."

  • Job 23:13
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    13 But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

  • Job 11:7
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    7 "Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

  • Eccl 8:6-7
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    6 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

    7 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    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?

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

  • Eccl 7:10-11
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    10 Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.

    11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

  • Job 11:10
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    10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

  • Job 7:17
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    17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

  • Prov 21:8
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    8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

  • Job 9:4
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    4 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 16:4
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    4 Yahweh has made everything for its own end-- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    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.

  • Isa 29:16
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    16 You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, "He didn't make me;" or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding?"

  • Job 33:13
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    13 Why do you strive against him, because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

  • Eccl 2:21
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    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.

  • Job 42:3
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    3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

  • Job 4:17
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    17 'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

  • Job 10:3
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    3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

  • Eccl 3:17
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    17 I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."