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Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the deeds of God: 1 Who can straighten out anything he has made crooked? 1

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In The King James Version

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

In Context

12For wisdom provides protection as money can provide protection, 2 but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to whoever has it.

14When times are good, live happily in that good, 2 but when times are bad, consider this: 1 God has allowed both to exist side by side. 2 For this reason, no one will find out anything that is coming after him.

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Cross References

Job 11:10If he passes through and shuts anyone up, 1 if he calls anyone to judgment, then who can stop him? 1

Job 34:29When he stays silent, who can condemn him? 1 If he hides his face, who can perceive him? 1 He rules over nation and individual alike, 1

Psalms 8:3When I look up at your heavens, which your fingers have made, 1 the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 1

Ecclesiastes 1:15The twisted cannot be straightened! 1 The missing cannot be counted!

Isaiah 5:12They banquet with harp, lute, tambourine, flute, and wine, 1 but they do not recognize the work of Yahweh, nor have they considered the doings of his hands. 1

Isaiah 43:13From this day on I am he, 1 and no one can rescue anyone from my hand. I act, and who can turn it back?” 1

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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