Ecclesiastes 1:15
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15 What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:12-13
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12 For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.
13 Consider the work of God;
who can make straight what he has made crooked?(A)
Isaiah 40:4
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4 Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.(A)
Ecclesiastes 3:14
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14 I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it; God has done this so that all should stand in awe before him.(A)
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Matthew 6:27
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27 And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life?[a]
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- 6.27 Or add one cubit to your height
Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who can command and have it done,
if the Lord has not ordained it?(A)
Job 34:29
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29 When he is quiet, who can condemn?
When he hides his face, who can behold him?
Whether nation or person, it is the same—(A)
Job 11:6
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6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For wisdom is many-sided.[a]
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.(A)
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- 11.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Daniel 4:35
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35 All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and he does what he wills with the host of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can stay his hand
or say to him, “What have you done?”(A)
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