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Ecclesiastes 7:13

New Century Version

Look at what God has done: No one can straighten what he has bent.

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“If God comes along and puts you in prison or calls you into court, no one can stop him.

What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; anyone he puts in prison cannot be let out.

But if God keeps quiet, who can blame him? If he hides his face, who can see him? God still rules over both nations and persons alike.

“Job, listen to this: Stop and notice God’s miracles.

If he snatches something away, no one can stop him or say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

Whoever is wise will remember these things and will think about the love of the Lord.

I look at your heavens, which you made with your fingers. I see the moon and stars, which you created.

If something is crooked, you can’t make it straight. If something is missing, you can’t say it is there.

God has given them a desire to know the future. He does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand what he is doing.

I also saw all that God has done. Nobody can understand what God does here on earth. No matter how hard people try to understand it, they cannot. Even if wise people say they understand, they cannot; no one can really understand it.

When the Lord All-Powerful makes a plan, no one can stop it. When the Lord raises his hand to punish people, no one can stop it.

“I have always been God. No one can save people from my power; when I do something, no one can change it.”

At their parties they have lyres, harps, tambourines, flutes, and wine. They don’t see what the Lord has done or notice the work of his hands.

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

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

God said to Moses, “I will show kindness to anyone to whom I want to show kindness, and I will show mercy to anyone to whom I want to show mercy.”

So one of you will ask me: “Then why does God blame us for our sins? Who can fight his will?”

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people, because from the very beginning God had decided this in keeping with his plan. And he is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.




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