Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

The spirit of a man will nourish his sickness, but a wounded spirit who can bear?

Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin?

Man's steps are of Jehovah; how can a man then understand his own way?

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give a reason.

you can take the lizard with the hands, yet it is in king's palaces.

Who can find a woman of virtue? For her value is far above rubies.

And I turned to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what can the man do who comes after the king, when they have already done it?

For who can eat, or who can enjoy, apart from me?

He has made everything beautiful in His time; also He has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God does it so that they fear before Him.

Therefore I have seen that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?

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?

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what He has made crooked?

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

For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

A fool also makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

For the bed is shorter than one can stretch himself on, and the cover is narrower than one can wrap himself in.

You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than you can understand; of a foreign tongue that no one understands.

For the grave cannot praise You, death can not rejoice in You; they who go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

Let all the nations be brought together, and let the people be gathered; who among them can declare this and make us hear former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is true.

You have bought Me no sweet cane with silver, nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough; and they are shepherds who cannot understand. They all look to their own way, every one for his gain, to his own end.

For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, to hew out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

How can you say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baals? See your way in the valley, know what you have done! You are a swift camel crossing its ways;

a wild ass used to the wilderness; in the desire of her passion she snuffs at the wind; in her time who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not tire themselves; in her month they will find her.

But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble; for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.

Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, men of Judah and people of Jerusalem; lest My fury come forth like fire, and burn so that none can put it out; because of the evil of your doings.

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in her open places, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon her.

Why does frankincense come to Me from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not pleasing, nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.

Therefore so says Jehovah of Hosts, Behold, I will melt them and try them; for what else can I do for the daughter of My people?

I will take up a weeping and a wailing for the mountains, and a mourning for the pastures of the wilderness; because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are gone.

If you have run with footmen, and they wore you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if you feel secure in the land of peace, then how will you do in the swelling of the Jordan?

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard its spots? Then you also may do good, who are accustomed to doing evil.

Are there any among the vanities of the nations who make rain fall? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O Jehovah our God? Then we will wait on You; for You do all these things.

Can one break iron, iron or bronze from the north?

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?

O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter? says Jehovah. Behold, As the clay in the potter's hands, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

O house of David, so says Jehovah: Do judgment in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go out like fire, and burn so that none can put it out, because of the evil of your doings.

Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and earth? says Jehovah.

So says Jehovah, If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be searched out, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Jehovah.

So says Jehovah: If you can break My covenant of the day and My covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season,

How can it be quiet, since Jehovah has given it a command? He has set it there against Ashkelon, and against the seashore.

What can I testify for you? What thing shall I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to you, so that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your break is great like the sea! Who can heal you?

they reeled blind in the streets; they are defiled with blood, so that not any can touch their clothes.

Can your heart stand, or can your hands be strong, in the day that I shall deal with you? I Jehovah have spoken, and I will act.

Dan and Javan also, going about, gave for your wares; smooth iron, cassia, and cane were among your goods.

And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, You know.

But if you will not make the dream known to me, there is only one judgment for you. For you have prepared lying and deceiving words to speak before me, until the time has changed. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can reveal to me its meaning.

The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man on the earth who can reveal the king's matter, because not any king, lord, nor ruler has asked such a thing from any horoscopist or conjurer or Chaldean.

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

And a decree is given by me, that every people, nation, and language, who speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be made into mere members, and his house shall be made an outhouse. Because there is no other God who can deliver in this way.

And all the people of the earth are counted as nothing; and He does according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the people of the earth. And none can strike His hand, or say to Him, What are You doing?

And I have heard of you that you can interpret meanings and unravel knots. Now if you can read the writing, and reveal its meaning to me, you shall be clothed with scarlet and have a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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

And Jehovah shall utter His voice before His army; for His camp is very great; for strong is He who does His Word. For the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can stand it?

Can two walk together unless they are agreed?

And it happened when it had made an end of eating the tender plant of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray You. How can Jacob stand? For he is small.

Then I said, O Lord Jehovah, I pray You, cease. How can Jacob stand? For he is small.

Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!

Who can stand before His fury? And who can stand up in the heat of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken down because of Him.

You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look upon vexation. Why do You look upon those who deal deceitfully? Will you be silent when the wicked swallows one more righteous than he?

But who can endure 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.

No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruits, nor can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

And behold, a leper came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if You will, You can make me clean.

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

And do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods, unless first he binds the strong one, and then he will plunder his house.

Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

And in the morning, Foul weather today; for the sky is red and gloomy. Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky, but you cannot see the signs of the times!

When His disciples heard, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

Serpents! Offspring of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?

Pilate said to them, You have a watch. Go and make it as secure as you can.

And a leper came to Him, begging Him and kneeling down to Him, and saying to Him, If You will, You can make me clean.

Why does this one speak such blasphemies? Who can forgive sins except God only?

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

And He called them and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

No one can enter into a strong one's house and plunder his goods, except he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.

There is nothing from outside a man which entering into him can defile him. But the things which come out of him, those are the ones that defile the man.

And His disciples answered Him, From where can a man satisfy these with loaves here in the wilderness?

And oftentimes it has cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.

Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.

And He said to them, This kind can come out by nothing except by prayer and fasting.

But Jesus said, Do not forbid him. For there is no one who shall do a work of power in My name who can lightly speak evil of Me.

And they were astonished beyond measure, saying to themselves, And who can be saved?

But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you ask. Can you drink of the cup that I drink of, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

And they said to Him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with you shall be baptized.

And it happened, as He was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy! And seeing Jesus, he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, Lord, if You will, You can cleanse me.

And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, except God alone?

But He said to them, Can you make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them?

And He spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the splinter in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the splinter that is in your brother's eye.

And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.