21 Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are hidden. (WEB) 22 Who will declare his works of righteousness? Who will wait for them? For his covenant is afar off. (WEB) 23 He who is lacking in understanding thinks about these things. An unwise and erring man thinks foolishly. (WEB)
Sirach 16:21–23
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Ecclesiastes 8:6–8
6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him. 7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come? 8 As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day…
Sirach 18:3–5
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Ecclesiastes 7:23–25
23 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me. 24 What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it? 25 I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity…
Psalms 92:5–7
5 How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! 6 A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand, 7 that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
2 Esdras 14:20–22
20 Behold, I will go, as you have commanded me, and reprove the people who now live, but who will warn those who will be born afterward? For the world is set in darkness, and those who dwell in it are without light. (WEB) 21 For your law has been burned, therefore no one… (WEB) 22 … (WEB)
2 Baruch 75:3–5
3 Or who can comprehend Thy intelligence? (2BA) 4 Or who is able to recount the thoughts of Thy mind? (2BA) 5 Or who of those who are born can hope to come to those things, Unless he is one to whom Thou art merciful and gracious? (2BA)
2 Baruch 54:11–13
11 For I will not be silent in praising the Mighty One, And with the voice of praise I will recount His marvellous deeds. (2BA) 12 For who doeth like unto Thy marvellous deeds, O God, Or who comprehendeth Thy deep thought of life. (2BA) 13 For with Thy counsel Thou dost govern all… (2BA)
Baruch 3:30–32
30 Who has gone over the sea, found her, and will bring her for choice gold? (WEB) 31 There is no one who knows her way, nor any who comprehend her path. (WEB) 32 But he that knows all things knows her, he found her out with his understanding. He who prepared the earth for all time… (WEB)
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