15 What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
Ecclesiastes 1:15
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Ecclesiastes 7:12–14
12 For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner. 13 Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent? 14 In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this:…
Sirach 18:5–7
5 Who could measure the strength of his majesty? Who could also proclaim his mercies? (WEB) 6 As for the wondrous works of the Lord, it is not possible to take from them nor add to them, neither is it possible to explore them. (WEB) 7 When a man has finished, then he is just at… (WEB)
Sirach 21:11–13
11 He who keeps the law becomes master of its intent. The fulfilment of the fear of the Lord is wisdom. (WEB) 12 He who is not clever will not be instructed. There is a cleverness which makes bitterness abound. (WEB) 13 The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood,… (WEB)
Proverbs 17:19–21
19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction. 20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble. 21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
Sirach 21:2–4
2 Flee from sin as from the face of a snake; for if you go near, it will bite you. Its teeth are like lion’s teeth, slaying people’s souls. (WEB) 3 All iniquity is as a two-edged sword. Its stroke has no healing. (WEB) 4 Terror and violence will waste away riches. So the house o… (WEB)
2 Enoch 60:3–4
3 He who puts a man in any vessel, his retribution will not be wanting at the great judgement for all time. (2EN) 4 He who works crookedly or speaks evil against any soul, will not make justice for himself for all time. (2EN)
Matthew 7:17–19
17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Sirach 19:22–24
22 The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom. The prudence of sinners is not counsel. (WEB) 23 There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination. There is a fool lacking in wisdom. (WEB) 24 Better is one who has little understanding, and fears God, than one who has much intelligence… (WEB)
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