Ecclesiastes 8:7
No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?
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- Eccl 6:12 : 12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
- Eccl 9:12 : 12 Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.
- Eccl 10:14 : 14 The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?
- Prov 24:22 : 22 For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?
- Prov 29:1 : 1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
- Eccl 3:22 : 22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
- Matt 24:44 : 44 Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.
- Matt 24:50 : 50 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,
- Matt 25:6-9 : 6 But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him. 7 Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out. 9 But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves. 10 And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut. 11 After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in. 12 But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you. 13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
- 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you. 2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
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- Eccl 6:10-123 verses81%
10 That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.
11 There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
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6 For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.
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8 No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.
- Eccl 8:16-172 verses77%
16 When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),
17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.
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9 (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)
- Eccl 9:11-122 verses76%
11 And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.
12 Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.
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14 The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?
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5 As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.
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13 Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.
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19 And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
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14 When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
- Eccl 3:21-222 verses73%
21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
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1 Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
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1 All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.
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3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.
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11 See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?
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6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
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16 Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
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8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
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14 I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.
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10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?
11 For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.
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24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
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9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?
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26 Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.
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5 The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
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24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?
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8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
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1 Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?
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6 And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?
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13 Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
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1 Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?
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11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
12 I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
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2 Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.
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10 He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.
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5 If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;
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10 Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
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4 Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,
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6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
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48 What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
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22 But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.
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16 There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
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1 Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.