Using a different metaphor, Solomon writes that what is crooked cannot be made straight. That is the reality of life under the sun. However, when God is brought into the picture, there is hope for recovering from poor choices. Several places in Isaiah speak of God making the crooked places straight (Isaiah 40:4; 42:16; 45:2). He is able to improve things. There is an example of this in Proverbs 16:7, which says that “When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.” God can turn and soften hearts. He can work things out. But the determining factor is whether God is pleased with the man’s ways.
