Ecclesiastes 7:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

Think of what God has done! If God makes something crooked, can you make it straight?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:15

If something is crooked, it can't be made straight; if something isn't there, it can't be counted.

Job 12:14

No one can rebuild what he destroys, or release those he has imprisoned.

Isaiah 5:12

At your drinking parties you have the music of stringed instruments, tambourines, and flutes. But you never even think about all the Lord has done,

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future.

Ephesians 1:11

God always does what he plans, and this is why he appointed Christ to choose us.

Isaiah 14:27

I, the Lord All-Powerful, have made these plans. No one can stop me now!

Psalm 107:43

Be wise! Remember this and think about the kindness of the Lord.

Romans 9:19

Someone may ask, “How can God blame us, if he makes us behave in the way he wants us to?”

Romans 9:15

The Lord told Moses that he has pity and mercy on anyone he wants to.

Isaiah 43:13

I am God now and forever. No one can snatch you from me or stand in my way.

Job 37:14

Job, consider carefully the many wonders of God.

Daniel 4:35

To him the nations are far less than nothing; God controls the stars in the sky and everyone on this earth. When God does something, we cannot change it or even ask why.”

Psalm 8:3

I often think of the heavens your hands have made, and of the moon and stars you put in place.

Job 34:29

When God does nothing, can any person or nation find fault with him?

Job 11:10

If God puts you in prison or drags you to court, what can you do?

Job 9:12

And if he grabs something, who can stop him or raise a question?

Ecclesiastes 8:17

I saw everything God does, and I realized no one can really understand what happens. We may be very wise, but no matter how much we try or how much we claim to know, we cannot understand it all.

Luke 12:26

If you don't have power over small things, why worry about everything else?