Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.
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Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 7:12–13 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it. Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
- Matthew 6:27 “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
- Ecclesiastes 3:14 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.