Ecclesiastes 8:7

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Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell anyone what is to come?

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  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 For no one knows their time. Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so are people ensnared by an evil time when it suddenly falls upon them.
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool multiplies words; no one knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
  • Prov 24:22 : 22 For suddenly their calamity will rise, and who knows the ruin of both of them?
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.
  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
  • Matt 24:50 : 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
  • Matt 25:6-9 : 6 At midnight, there was a cry: ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise ones replied, ‘No, there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ 10 While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut. 11 Later, the other virgins also came and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us.’ 12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’ 13 Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
  • 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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  • Eccl 6:10-12
    3 verses
    81%

    10 Whatever exists has already been given its name, and it is known what mankind is; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.

    11 The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

    12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

  • Eccl 8:6
    79%

    6 For every purpose there is a proper time and procedure, though the misery of mankind weighs heavily upon them.

  • Eccl 8:8
    79%

    8 No one has power over the wind to restrain it, and no one has power over the day of death. No one is discharged in the time of war, and wickedness will not save those who practice it.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night,

    17 then I saw all the work of God, that no one can understand the work that is done under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can comprehend it. Even if the wise claim to know, they cannot truly understand it.

  • Job 8:9
    76%

    9 for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

  • Eccl 9:11-12
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    11 Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor does bread come to the wise, nor riches to the discerning, nor favor to the knowledgeable; but time and chance happen to them all.

    12 For no one knows their time. Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so are people ensnared by an evil time when it suddenly falls upon them.

  • Eccl 10:14
    76%

    14 A fool multiplies words; no one knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?

  • Eccl 11:5
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    5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how bones are formed in a pregnant woman's womb, so you cannot understand the workings of God who makes everything.

  • Job 28:13
    74%

    13 Mankind does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

  • Eccl 2:19
    74%

    19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will rule over all the fruit of my labor that I have worked for under the sun. This too is meaningless.

  • Jas 4:14
    73%

    14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

  • Eccl 3:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?

    22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Prov 27:1
    73%

    1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.

  • Eccl 9:1
    73%

    1 So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them.

  • Job 42:3
    73%

    3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Job 9:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him; He moves on, and I do not perceive Him.

    12 If He snatches away, who can stop Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8 What advantage has the wise person over the fool? What does the poor person gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?

  • Eccl 3:14
    72%

    14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it nor taken from it. God does this so that people will fear Him.

  • Job 11:10-11
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    72%

    10 If He passes by, imprisons, or calls an assembly, who can turn Him back?

    11 For He knows worthless men; He sees iniquity, even when He does not consider it.

  • Prov 20:24
    72%

    24 A person's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way?

  • Job 15:9
    72%

    9 What do you know that we do not know? What insight do you have that is not with us?

  • Job 36:26
    72%

    26 Behold, God is great, and we do not comprehend Him; the number of His years is unsearchable.

  • Eccl 9:5
    72%

    5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten.

  • Eccl 7:24
    72%

    24 What exists is far off and exceedingly deep—who can discover it?

  • Eccl 11:8
    72%

    8 For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.

  • Job 7:1
    72%

    1 Isn't human life on earth like hard labor and their days like those of a hired worker?

  • Eccl 6:6
    72%

    6 Even if someone lives a thousand years twice over but does not enjoy their prosperity, do not all go to the same place?

  • Eccl 7:13
    72%

    13 Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

  • Job 24:1
    71%

    1 Why does the Almighty not reserve times of judgment, and why do those who know Him not see His days of justice?

  • Eccl 3:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

    12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.

  • Eccl 11:2
    71%

    2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the earth.

  • Job 7:10
    71%

    10 He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • Job 14:5
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    5 A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of their months and set limits they cannot exceed.

  • Eccl 7:10
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    10 Do not say, 'Why were the old days better than these?' For it is not wise to ask such questions.

  • Job 20:4
    71%

    4 Do you not know this from ancient times, since man was placed on the earth,

  • Ps 92:6
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    6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

  • Ps 89:48
    71%

    48 Remember how fleeting my life is; for what futility have you created all humanity!

  • Job 24:22
    71%

    22 Yet God drags away the mighty with His power; though they rise up, they do not trust in their own lives.

  • Eccl 4:16
    70%

    16 There is no end to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 8:1
    70%

    1 Who is like the wise person, and who knows the meaning of things? The wisdom of a person brightens their face, and the hardness of their face is softened.

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