Ecclesiastes 9:11

The Injustice Of Time And Chance

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go. ¹¹ I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all. ¹² For man also does not know 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 falls suddenly on them.

Be Strong

On Earth

Under the Sun

Race Is Not To The Swift

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Jeremiah 9:23

So says Jehovah, Do not let the wise glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty glory in his might; do not let the rich glory in his riches;

2 Samuel 17:23

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, even he saddled the ass and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order. And he hanged himself and died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

2 Chronicles 20:15

And he said, Listen, all Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! So says Jehovah to you, Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude. For the battle is not yours, but God's.

Job 5:11-14

to set on high those who are low, so that those who mourn may be lifted up to safety;

Job 34:29

And He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who can behold Him? And it may be against a nation and a man together;

Psalm 33:16-17

The king is not saved by a great army; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Psalm 73:6-7

Therefore pride enchains them; violence covers them like a robe.

Psalm 147:10-11

He delights not in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Proverbs 21:30-31

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

And I turned to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what can the man do who comes after the king, when they have already done it?

Ecclesiastes 2:14-15

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also knew that one event happens to all of them.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God does it so that they fear before Him.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold the tears of the oppressed ones, and they had no comforter! And on the side of those who oppressed them there was power, but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what He has made crooked?

Jeremiah 46:6

Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. They stumbled and fell toward the north, by the side of the river Euphrates.

Lamentations 3:37-38

Who is this who speaks, and it occurs, when the Lord does not command it?

Daniel 4:35

And all the people of the earth are counted as nothing; and He does according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the people of the earth. And none can strike His hand, or say to Him, What are You doing?

Amos 2:14-16

And refuge shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his power, nor shall the mighty deliver his life;

Malachi 3:18

Then you shall again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God, and him who does not serve Him.

Ephesians 1:11

in whom also we have been chosen to an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will,

Deuteronomy 8:18

But you shall remember Jehovah your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, so that He may confirm His covenant which He has sworn to your fathers, as it is today.

1 Samuel 2:3-10

Talk no more so very proudly. Remove arrogance out of your mouth, for Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.

1 Samuel 17:50

And David was stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. And he struck the Philistine, and killed him. But no sword was in the hand of David.

2 Samuel 2:18-23

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was swift with his feet, like one of the gazelles in the field.

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil on Absalom.