Verse 11

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!
  • Rom 1:19-20 : 19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes– his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.
  • Eccl 8:17 : 17 then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 God saw all that he had made– and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.
  • Job 11:7 : 7 “Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?
  • Job 5:9 : 9 He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.
  • Mark 7:37 : 37 People were completely astounded and said,“He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 How many living things you have made, O LORD! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.
  • Job 37:23 : 23 As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.