Eccl.3.11

Ecclesiastes 3:11

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He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

God’s Works Remain Forever

Cross References

Romans 11:33

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O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

A Hymn of Praise

Genesis 1:31

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And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

The Creation

The Sixth Day—Land Animals and Mankind

Job 5:9

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Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

Proverbs 16:4

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The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The Reply of the Tongue Is from the LORD

Ecclesiastes 1:13

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And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

With Wisdom Comes Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 7:13

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

The Value of Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 7:23

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¶ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

The Limits of Human Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 8:17

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Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

God’s Ways Are Mysterious

Ecclesiastes 11:5

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As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.