Ecclesiastes 7:13

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Ecclesiastes 7:13

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

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"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.

They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD, or see the work of his hands.

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What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, 'What are you doing?'

If he passes through and imprisons and summons the court, who can turn him back?

If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.

When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?--

For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

Also henceforth I am he; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work, and who can turn it back?"

declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'

all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, "What have you done?"

For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,