Ecclesiastes 7:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

Cross References

Job 11:10

If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

Job 12:14

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

Job 34:29

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Job 37:14

Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

Job 9:12

If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

Psalm 107:43

Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

Psalm 8:3

When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

Ecclesiastes 1:15

That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

Isaiah 14:27

For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?

Isaiah 43:13

From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?

Isaiah 5:12

And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.

Daniel 4:35

And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?

Luke 12:26

If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest?

Romans 9:15

For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.

Romans 9:19

But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose?

Ephesians 1:11

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;