Ecclesiastes 7:13
Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
Job 34:29And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?
Psalms 8:3When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined,
Ecclesiastes 1:15That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.
Isaiah 5:12And the harpe and viole, timbrel, and pipe, and wine are in their feastes: but they regard not the worke of the Lord, neither consider the worke of his handes.
Isaiah 43:13Yea, before the day was, I am, and there is none that can deliuer out of mine hand: I will doe it, and who shall let it?
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 →