Ecclesiastes 1:15

New Living Translation

What is wrong cannot be made right. What is missing cannot be recovered.

Cross References

Job 11:6

If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is not a simple matter. Listen! God is doubtless punishing you far less than you deserve!

Job 34:29

But if he chooses to remain quiet, who can criticize him? When he hides his face, no one can find him, whether an individual or a nation.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God’s purpose is that people should fear him.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things. I was determined to prove to myself that wickedness is stupid and that foolishness is madness.

Isaiah 40:4

Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills. Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard take away its spots? Neither can you start doing good, for you have always done evil.

Lamentations 3:37

Who can command things to happen without the Lord’s permission?

Daniel 4:35

All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’

Matthew 6:27

Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?