Ecclesiastes 7:13


Consider the work of God:
Who can make straight what He has bent?

Ecclesiastes 1:15

What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted.

Job 12:14


“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

Isaiah 14:27

For the Lord of hosts has decided and planned, and who can annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”

Job 9:12


“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back?
Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

Job 11:10


“If God passes by or arrests,
Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him?
[If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?]

Job 34:29


“When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him],
Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—

Job 37:14


“Listen to this, Job;
Stand still and consider the wonders of God.

Psalm 8:3


When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,

Psalm 107:43


Who is wise? Let him observe and heed these things;
And [thoughtfully] consider the lovingkindness of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.

Isaiah 5:12


They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts;
But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

Isaiah 43:13


“Even from eternity I am He,
And there is no one who can rescue from My hand;
I act, and who can revoke or reverse it?”

Isaiah 46:10-11


Declaring the end and the result from the beginning,
And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,’

Daniel 4:35


“All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth;
And no one can hold back His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’

Romans 9:15

For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”

Romans 9:19

You will say to me then, “Why does He still blame me [for sinning]? For who [including myself] has [ever] resisted His will and purpose?”

Ephesians 1:11

In Him also we have received an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the purpose of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Consider

Job 37:14

“Listen to this, Job;
Stand still and consider the wonders of God.
Psalm 8:3

When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,
Psalm 107:43

Who is wise? Let him observe and heed these things;
And [thoughtfully] consider the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Isaiah 5:12

They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts;
But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

Who

Ecclesiastes 1:15
What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted.
Job 9:12

“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back?
Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
Job 11:10

“If God passes by or arrests,
Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him?
[If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?]
Job 12:14

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
Job 34:29

“When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him],
Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—
Isaiah 14:27
For the Lord of hosts has decided and planned, and who can annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
Isaiah 43:13

“Even from eternity I am He,
And there is no one who can rescue from My hand;
I act, and who can revoke or reverse it?”
Isaiah 46:10

Declaring the end and the result from the beginning,
And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,’
Daniel 4:35

“All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth;
And no one can hold back His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
Romans 9:15
For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”
Ephesians 1:11
In Him also we have received an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the purpose of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will,