Ecclesiastes 9:11
I looked again and saw under the sun that the race [does] not [belong] to the swift, the battle [does] not [belong] to the mighty, food [does] not [belong] to the wise, wealth [does] not [belong] to the intelligent, and success [does] not [belong] to the skillful, for time and chance befalls all of them.
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus says Yahweh, "[The] wise man must not boast in his wisdom, and the warrior must not boast in his might, [the] wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice [was] not followed, he saddled the donkey, and he set out and went up to his house in his city. {After he set his house in order}, he hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his ancestors.
2 Chronicles 20:15
And he said, "Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat, thus says Yahweh to you: 'Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed before this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Job 5:11-14
to set [the] lowly on high, and [those] mourning are lifted to safety.
Job 34:29
but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,
Psalm 33:16-17
The king [is] not saved by [the] greatness of an army. The warrior is not delivered by [the] greatness of strength.
Psalm 73:6-7
Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them.
Psalm 147:10-11
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man.
Proverbs 21:30-31
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.
Ecclesiastes 2:12
Next, I considered wisdom, as well as delusion and folly. What can anyone [do] who will come after the king that has not already been done?
Ecclesiastes 2:14-15
{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing can be taken from it, for God so acts that humans might stand in awe before him.
Ecclesiastes 3:17
So I said {to myself}, "God will surely judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time [of judgment] for every deed and every work."
Ecclesiastes 4:1
I looked again, and I saw all the oppression that occurs under the sun. {I saw the tears of the oppressed-- no one comforts them! Those who oppress them are powerful-- no one can comfort them}!
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I also realized that all [of the] toil and all [of] the skillful work that is done--it [is] envy between one man and {another}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!
Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God. For who is able to make straight what he made crooked?
Jeremiah 46:6
The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape. They have stumbled and they have fallen, by the bank of the Euphrates River.
Lamentations 3:37-38
{Who can speak} and it will happen [if] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
Daniel 4:35
And all the dwellers of the earth are regarded as nothing, and he does {according to} his desire in the host of heaven and [among] the dwellers of earth, and there is not [one] who can hold back his hand, or {ask him}, 'What are you doing?'
Amos 2:14-16
Flight will perish from [the] swift and [the] strong person will not muster his strength and [the] warrior will not save his life.
Malachi 3:18
You will return and see [the difference] between [the] righteous and [the] wicked, between [the one who] serves God and the one who does not serve him.
Ephesians 1:11
in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all [things] according to the counsel of his will,
Deuteronomy 8:18
But you must remember Yahweh your God, for he [is] the [one] giving you strength to acquire wealth in order to confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors {as it is today}.
1 Samuel 2:3-10
Do not increase speaking {very proud} words! Let no arrogance go forth from your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge [whose] deeds are not weighed.
1 Samuel 17:50
So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone, and he struck down the Philistine and killed him, but there was no sword in David's hand.
2 Samuel 2:18-23
The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel [was] swift with his feet as one of the gazelles which [is] in the open field.
2 Samuel 17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite [is] better than the advice of Ahithophel." (Now Yahweh had ordained to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel in order for Yahweh to bring misery upon Absalom).