Ecclesiastes 7:13

Easy To Read Version

Look at the things God has made. You can’t change a thing, even if you think it is wrong!

Cross References

Job 11:10

“If God arrests you,\par and brings you to court,\par no person can stop him.\par

Job 12:14

If God tears down anything,\par people can’t build it again.\par If God puts a person in prison,\par people can’t free the person.\par

Job 34:29

But if God decides not to help them,\par then no person can judge God guilty.\par If God hides himself from people,\par then no person can find him.\par God is the ruler over people and nations.\par

Job 37:14

“Job, stop for a minute and listen.\par Think about the wonderful things\par God does.\par

Job 9:12

If God takes something away,\par no one can stop him.\par No one can say to him,\par ‘What are you doing?’\par

Psalm 107:43

If a person is wise,\par he will remember these things.\par Then he will begin to understand\par what God’s love really is.\par

Psalm 8:3

Lord, I look at the heavens\par you made with your hands.\par I see the moon and stars you created,\par \{and I wonder:\}\par

Ecclesiastes 1:15

\{You can’t change these things.\} If something is crooked, you can’t say it is straight. And if something is missing, you can’t say it is there.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God gave us the ability to think about his world. {\cf2\super [16]} But we can never completely understand everything God does. And yet, God does everything at just the right time.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

I also saw the many things that God does. And I saw that people can’t understand all the work that God does on earth. A person might try and try to understand, but he can’t. Even if a wise man says he understands the work God does, it is not true. No person can understand all those things.

Isaiah 14:27

When the Lord makes a plan, no person can stop that plan. When the Lord raises his arm to punish people, no person can stop him.

Isaiah 43:13

“I have always been God. When I do something, no person can change what I have done. And no person can save people from my power.”

Isaiah 5:12

You party with your wine, harps, {\cf2\super [52]} drums, flutes, and other musical instruments. And you don’t see the things the Lord has done. The Lord’s hands have made many, many things—but you don’t notice those things. So, it will be very bad for you people.

Daniel 4:35

People on earth are not truly important.\par God does what he wants\par with the powers of heaven\par and the people on earth.\par No one can stop his powerful hand!\par No one can question the things he does!\par

Luke 12:26

If you cannot do the little things, then why worry about the big things?

Romans 9:15

God said to Moses, “I will show mercy to the person that I want to show mercy to. I will show pity to the person that I want to show pity to.” {\cf2\super [86]}

Romans 9:19

So one of you will ask me: “If God controls the things we do, then why does God blame us \{for our sins\}?”

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen \{to be God’s people\}. God had already planned for us to be his people, because that is what God wanted. And God is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.