Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
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Cross References
Job 11:10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Psalms 8:3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
Ecclesiastes 1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is lacking cannot be numbered.
Isaiah 5:12And the harp, and the viol, the timbrel, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Isaiah 43:13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, 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 →