Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You can't straighten out what is crooked; you can't count things that aren't there. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite. crooked Ecclesiastes 3:14 I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared. Ecclesiastes 7:12,13 For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them. . . . Job 11:6 That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth. Job 34:29 For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men? Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain. Lamentations 3:37 Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not? Matthew 6:27 And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit? wanting or a defect Context With Wisdom Comes Sorrow…14I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit. 15The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.16I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.… Cross References Ecclesiastes 7:13 Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised. Ecclesiastes 7:25 I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent: Jump to Previous Able Bent Counted Crooked Lacking Numbered Straight Straightened Twisted WantingJump to Next Able Bent Counted Crooked Lacking Numbered Straight Straightened Twisted WantingLinks Ecclesiastes 1:15 NIVEcclesiastes 1:15 NLT Ecclesiastes 1:15 ESV Ecclesiastes 1:15 NASB Ecclesiastes 1:15 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 1:15 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 1:15 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 1:15 French Bible Ecclesiastes 1:15 German Bible Alphabetical: and be cannot counted crooked is lacking straightened twisted What OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 1:15 That which is crooked can't be made (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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