Ecclesiastes 7:14

Consider the works of God, that no one is able to correct whomever he has despised.

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In The King James Version

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

In Context

13For as wisdom protects, so also does money protect. But learning and wisdom have this much more: that they grant life to one who possesses them.

15In good times, enjoy good things, but beware of an evil time. For just as God has established the one, so also the other, in order that man may not find any just complaint against him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the Lord your God, with gladness and a joyful heart, over the abundance of all things.

1 Kings 17:17Now it happened that, after these things, the son of the woman who was the mother of the family became ill. And the sickness was very powerful, so that no breath remained in him.

Job 2:10He said to her, “You have spoken like one of the foolish wives. If we accepted good things from the hand of God, why should we not accept bad things?” In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

Psalms 30:11For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.

Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23

The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →

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