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Ecclesiastes 11:5

As you do not know the path of the wind,

or how the bones are formed

in a mother’s womb,

so you cannot understand the work of God,

the Maker of all things.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 BSB
  1. a Or As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones

Ecclesiastes 11:5 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 3:8 (22 votes) and Psalm 92:5 (17 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Job 5 to 1 Corinthians 15.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 11:5 point to?

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  1. John 3:822 votes

    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

  2. Psalm 92:517 votes

    How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

  3. Ecclesiastes 8:1717 votes

    I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

  4. Romans 11:3316 votes

    O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

  5. Isaiah 40:2814 votes

    Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

  6. Psalm 104:2411 votes

    How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

  7. Psalm 139:13–1611 votes

    For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. …

  8. Ecclesiastes 7:249 votes

    What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

  9. Job 26:5–147 votes

    The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. …

  10. Job 36:24–337 votes

    Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song. All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar. …

  11. Job 5:96 votes
  12. Job 38:4–39:306 votes
  13. Psalm 40:56 votes
  14. Job 37:235 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 11:5?

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