Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God! Who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
In Context
Cross References
Job 11:10If he apprehend, and bind, and bring to trial, Who shall oppose him?
Job 34:29When he giveth rest, who can cause trouble? And when he hideth his face, Who can behold him?
Psalms 8:3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars which thou hast ordained:
Ecclesiastes 1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Isaiah 5:12And the lyre and the harp, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are at their feasts, But they regard not the work of Jehovah, Nor attend to the operation of his hands.
Isaiah 43:13Even from the beginning of time I have been He, And none can rescue from my hand; I undertake, and who can hinder?
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 →