Ecclesiastes 8:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

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  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
  • Prov 24:22 : 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 ¶ He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 ‹Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.›
  • Matt 24:50 : 50 ‹The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and in an hour that he is not aware of,›
  • Matt 25:6-9 : 6 ‹And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.› 7 ‹Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.› 8 ‹And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.› 9 ‹But the wise answered, saying,› [Not so]; ‹lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.› 10 ‹And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.› 11 ‹Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.› 12 ‹But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.› 13 ‹Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.›
  • 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 ¶ But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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