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And I turned myself to behold wisdom and madness and folly. For what [can] the man [do] who comes after the king? [Even] that which has been done long ago.

Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityNature Of Kings

I know that, whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it. And God has done it that men should fear before him.

Verse ConceptsAdding To GodSubtracting From God

Whatever has been, the name of it was given long ago, and it is know what man is. Neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ThingsGod Is StrongPeople Naming Thingsfate

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

Consider the work of God. For who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

Verse ConceptsTwistingStraightening

That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ThingsNot Finding

A fool also multiplies words; [yet] man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureToo Many Words

Many waters cannot quench love, nor can floods drown it. If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.

For the bed is shorter than what a man can stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than what he can wrap himself in it.

Verse ConceptsCovering The BodyNarrownessAccommodationsSmall ThingsBeds

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the profane. Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?

Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God

How then can thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Verse ConceptsChariotsOfficersTrusting In ChariotsTrusting Other People

And when I look, there is no man. Even among them there is no counselor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

Verse ConceptsNo One Available

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses that they may be justified, or let them hear, and say, It is tru

Verse ConceptsJustification, Necessity OfGod Speaking Of Old

Thou have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices. But thou have burdened me with thy sins. Thou have wearied me with thine iniquities.

Verse ConceptsFatnessGod, Patience OfOffencePlantsSweetnessFat Of The SacrificesGod Growing Weary

Yea, the dogs are greedy; they can never have enough. And these are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

Verse ConceptsGod's WaysProfitsWisdom, Human ImportanceInadequate ShepherdingCovetousness, Example OfSelfishness, Shown InSelfishness, Examples OfBeing Without UnderstandingGreed

How can thou say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baalim? See thy way in the valley. Know what thou have done, a swift dromedary traversing her ways,

Verse ConceptsPeople Being Unclean

a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.

Verse ConceptsHeatNosesSeeking For Concrete ThingsDo Not Grow WearyPassiontired

But where are thy gods that thou have made thee? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble. For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorMany Spiritual BeingsSalvation By Other Things

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places if it, if ye can find a man, if there is any who does justly, who seeks truth, and I will pardon her.

Verse ConceptsBalances, Dishonest UseRoadsEvil TimesCitizenshipCity SquaresGod Will ForgiveFinding LoveGodly ManA Good ManBeing Singleseekingjerusalem

How can I pardon thee? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by those who are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.

Verse ConceptsAdultery, Examples OfProstitutionUnforgivenessHarlotsGod Not ForgivingSwearing ByThose Who Committed Adulterywhores

To what purpose does there come to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.

Verse ConceptsPlantsTradeCommerceDelicaciesSweetnessFragranceGood Things From Far AwayNot Pleasing God

How can ye say, We are wise, and the law of LORD is with us? But, behold, the FALSE pen of the scribes has wrought falsely.

Verse ConceptsPensDecadenceFalse WisdomMaking God A LiarMisrepresentationBreaking God's Lawcredibility

For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through, nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofLamentingSongsWailingLand Becoming EmptyI Mourn Catastrophe

If thou have run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how can thou contend with horses? And though in a land of peace thou are secure, yet how will thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceRunningPeople StumblingThe Region Of JordanTired In ActivityRace

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are not thou he, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for thee, for thou have made all these things.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins Ofdrought, physicalHope, In GodRainSkyWaiting On GodGod Sending RainGod Controlling The Rain

Can a man break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?

Verse ConceptsBronzeIronOut Of The NorthSteel

O house of David, thus says LORD: Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your do

Verse ConceptsMorningFire Of God's AngerSaving PeopleEvery MorningRobbing People

Thus says LORD: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says LORD.

Verse ConceptsHeaven, Nature OfEarth's FoundationFinding ThingsGod Not ForsakingThe EarthRejectionisraelexploringmeasurement

Thus says LORD: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season,

Verse ConceptsProvision Of Day And NightPromises respectingSunshineThe MoonSeasons Changingcovenant

And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand, for the king is not he who can do anything against you.

Verse ConceptsGiven Into One's HandsUnable To Do Other Things

How can thou be quiet, since LORD has given thee a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore. He has appointed it there.

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillNot StillGod's Orders

How can ye say, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

Verse Conceptsheroes

What shall I testify to thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee?

Verse ConceptsSeaVirginLikeningUnique EventsDestruction Of JerusalemThings Like The SeaHuman ComfortLikening ThingsNo HealingSea, Metaphorical ReferencesHealing And Comfort

Thou have covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

Verse ConceptsBeing Yourselfclouds

Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, LORD, have spoken it, and will do it.

Verse ConceptsBeing StrongEnduringCourage And Strength

And thou, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?

Verse ConceptsOffenceSurvival

And, lo, thou are to them as a very lovely song of he who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument. For they hear thy words, but they do not do them.

Verse ConceptsListeningSongsSpiritual DeafnessProfessingShallownesspracticeimprovement

And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O lord LORD, thou know.

Verse ConceptsAre The Dead Raised?

But if ye do not make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you, for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me till the time is changed. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me

Verse ConceptsLiesGod's Mercy, Example OfAgreeing For EvilChangeThings RevealedUniverse Changed

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth who can show the king's matter. Inasmuch as no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyDivinationUnique EventsNo One Available

And it is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

Verse ConceptsSpirit BeingsHard TasksNo One Available

Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded, neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, can show to the king,

Verse ConceptsAstrologyClairvoyancesNecromancyPeople's Inability To UnderstandDisclosuresUnable To Understandpsychics

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. And none can stay his hand, or say to him, What are thou doing?

Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillChallengesGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfHand Of GodPredestinationProvidenceStrength, DivineGod's OmnipotencePower Of God, DescribedAuthority, Belonging To GodStrength Of GodWhat Does God Do?God Works His WillOther Unimportant People

But I have heard of thee, that thou can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts. Now if thou can read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it, thou shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about t

Verse ConceptsInscriptionsGoldGold ChainsPurple ClothesInterpreting LanguageJewelleryThird PersonReading Other MatterTelling Of People's Situationsknots

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? For as for me, straightaway there remained no strength in me, nor was there breath left in me.

Verse ConceptsHaving No BreathConversationNo Strength Leftbreathingbreath

Surely now they shall say, We have no king, for we fear not LORD. And the king, what can he do for us?

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceAnarchyPeople's Inability To SaveNature Of KingsNo Fear Of GodNo KingUnable To Save

And LORD utters his voice before his army, for his camp is very great. For he is strong who executes his word. For the day of LORD is great and very fearful, and who can abide it?

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLast DaysThunderOrderly ArmyThe Fact Of That DayEnduringGod As A WarriorGod SpeakingPeople AppalledSurvivalThe Presence Of GodarmyThunder Expressing God's Judgment

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no net is [set] for him? Shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

Verse ConceptsTrapBirds, Figurative UseGod TrappingEnticing

Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Nature OfGod's IndignationPunishment, By GodRocksSplitting RocksFire Of God's AngerStanding FirmGod Has AngerLake Of FirePassionwrathventing

But who can abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofenemies, of Jesus ChristCleansing AgentsSelf JustificationClean ClothesEnduringLake Of Fire

And behold, a leper who came, worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou will, thou can cleanse me.

Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

Or how can any man enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsHousesSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesLimitations Of StrengthTying Uppossessions

Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSnakesParents SinThings Like SnakesNothing GoodBeware Of Your Speechmath

But he said to them, Not all men can accommodate this saying, but to whom it has been given.

Verse ConceptsBachelorsThose To Whom God GivesBeing Single

And when his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristThe Disciples ReactionsNo One Available

And a leper comes to him beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him, If thou will thou can make me clean.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsChrist Willing

And having summoned them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningJesus Using Parables

But no man, having enter into the house of the strong man, can plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man, and then he may plunder his house.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristExorcismsHousesSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesParables Of ChristLimitations Of StrengthTying UpProperty

Yet when it is sown, it goes up and becomes greater than all the plants, and it makes great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under the shade of it.

Verse ConceptsShadowsBig ThingsPlants Growing Up

There is nothing outside the man, entering into him that can defile him, but the things coming out of him those are the things that defile the man.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfExternalsEntering The MouthComing Out Of PeopleFood PermittedDefilementprepping

And it often casts him both into the fire and into the waters so that it might destroy him. But if thou can do anything, help us, having compassion toward us.

Verse ConceptsSelf PityThrowing PeopleBurning PeopleGod Help!Signs Of Possible Demon Possessionjumpingpity

And they were exceedingly astonished, saying among themselves, Then who can be saved?

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristNo One Available

And it came to pass while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy. And having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he besought him, saying, Lord, if thou will, thou can make me clean.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsProstrationBowing Before MessiahChrist Willing

Or how can thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me to take out the speck that is in thine eye, when thou thyself do not see the beam in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou wil

Verse ConceptsBeamsBeing FirstHumourAccepting OthersPlucking OutThe Faculty Of SightEyesHypocritesHypocrisy

And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage.

Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningPropertyaccounting

And those who heard it said, And who can be saved?

Verse ConceptsNo One AvailableBeing Savedimpossible

And Nathanael said to him, What good can be from Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceNazarethUncharitablenessComing To ChristUnderestimationNothing GoodBringing Men To Jesus

And the third day a wedding occurred in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

Verse ConceptsWedding FeastsThe Third Day Of The WeekWedding GuestsMarriage KjvIdentity In Christmarraige

This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou have come a teacher from God, for no man can do these signs that thou do if God is not with him.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristRabbiSignsSigns Of The TimesJesus As Our TeacherGod With ChristSigns Performed By ChristDuring One NightOther People Of GodSpecial Revelation

Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things happen?

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from heaven.

Verse ConceptsGod Acts From HeavenThose To Whom God Gives

Jesus therefore came again to Cana of Galilee where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

Verse ConceptsParents Duty To ChildrenProviding WineDrinking WaterSick Individuals

Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever he may do, the Son also does these things in like manner.

Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofSubmissionJesus Christ, Relation To FatherJesus Christ, Son Of GodChrist's Relationship To GodChrist Telling The TruthTruly TrulyInteraction Of Father And SonSubject To GodThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ