Ecclesiastes 7:13

New International Reader's Version

Think about what God has done. Who can make straight what he has made crooked?

Cross References

Job 11:10

“Suppose God comes along and puts you in prison. Suppose he takes you to court. Then who can oppose him?

Job 12:14

What he tears down can’t be rebuilt. The people he puts in prison can’t be set free.

Job 34:29

But if he remains silent, who can judge him? If he turns his face away, who can see him? He rules over individual people and nations alike.

Job 37:14

“Job, listen to me. Stop and think about the wonderful things God does.

Job 9:12

If he takes something, who can stop him? Who would dare to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

Psalm 107:43

Let those who are wise pay attention to these things. Let them think about the loving deeds of the Lord.

Psalm 8:3

I think about the heavens. I think about what your fingers have created. I think about the moon and stars that you have set in place.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

People can’t straighten things that are crooked. They can’t count things that don’t even exist.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also given people a sense of who he is. But they can’t completely understand what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

I saw everything God has done. No one can understand what happens on earth. People might try very hard to figure it out. But they still can’t discover what it all means. Wise people might claim they know. But they can’t really understand it either.

Isaiah 14:27

The Lord who rules over all has planned it. Who can stop him? He has reached out his powerful hand. Who can keep him from using it?

Isaiah 43:13

“And that is not all! I have always been God, and I always will be. No one can save people from my power. When I do something, who can undo it?”

Isaiah 5:12

They have harps and lyres at their banquets. They have tambourines, flutes and wine. But they don’t have any concern for the mighty acts of the Lord. They don’t have any respect for what his power has done.

Daniel 4:35

He considers all the nations on earth to be nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven. He does what he wants with the nations of the earth. No one can hold back his hand. No one can say to him, “What have you done?”

Luke 12:26

You can’t do that very little thing. So why worry about the rest?

Romans 9:15

He said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy. I will show love to those I love.” (Exodus 33:19)

Romans 9:19

One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still blame us? Who can oppose what he wants to do?”

Ephesians 1:11

We were also chosen to belong to him. God decided to choose us long ago in keeping with his plan. He works out everything to fit his plan and purpose.