Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 30:12 poses the same rhetorical challenge — no one ascends to heaven — which Proverbs 30:4 echoes to stress human limitation.
Job 38:4-41 expands on creation questions like Proverbs 30:4 — both use nature to display God's unmatched power and wisdom.
Psalm 104:2-35 depicts God stretching the heavens and binding waters — imagery that parallels Proverbs 30:4's description of divine control over creation.
Isaiah 40:12 asks who measured waters and heavens — echoing Proverbs 30:4's rhetorical questions about God's incomprehensible power over creation.
Matthew 11:27 answers the riddle: no one knows the Son except the Father, revealing the exclusive relationship implied by 'what is his son's name?'
Luke 10:22 parallels Matthew 11:27, stating only the Father knows the Son — a direct response to the mystery of the Son's name in Proverbs 30:4.
John 3:13 answers the question of Proverbs 30:4: no one has ascended except the Son of Man who descended from heaven.
Romans 10:6 uses the same 'who shall ascend' motif — Paul applies the rhetorical question to Christ as the fulfillment of righteousness by faith.
Ephesians 4:9 shows Christ descending then ascending — directly answering Proverbs 30:4's question about who has gone up and down.
Ephesians 4:10 continues the ascension-descent theme — Christ fills all things, fulfilling the mysterious ascent questioned in Proverbs 30:4.
Job 26:8 depicts God binding waters in clouds, mirroring Proverbs 30:4's 'wrapped up the waters' — identical imagery of divine power.
Jeremiah 10:12 credits God with establishing the earth by power and wisdom, directly paralleling 'established all the ends of the earth' in Proverbs 30:4.
In Luke 8:25, Jesus commands wind and water — directly fulfilling the divine power described here.
Job 37:23 declares God's greatness and hiddenness, echoing the rhetorical questions in Proverbs 30:4 about who can approach God.
Ecclesiastes 8:17 teaches that man cannot find out God's work, paralleling the unanswerable questions in Proverbs 30:4 about divine mysteries.
In John 9:36, the healed blind man asks to know the Son — echoing the question 'what is his son's name?'