Ecclesiastes 9:11

The Injustice Of Time And Chance

¹⁰ Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom. ¹¹ So I turned me unto other things under the Sun, and I saw that in running it helpeth not to be swift; in battle it helpeth not to be strong; to feeding it helpeth not to be wise; to riches, it helpeth not to be suttle; to be had in favour, it helpeth not to be cunning: but that all lieth in time and fortune. ¹² For man knoweth not his time, but like as the fish are taken with the angle and as the birds are caught with the snare: Even so are men taken in the perilous time, when it cometh suddenly upon them.

Be Strong

On Earth

Under the Sun

Race Is Not To The Swift

No

Jeremiah 9:23

Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Let not the wise man rejoice in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength; neither the rich man in his riches.

2 Samuel 17:23

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

2 Chronicles 20:15

And he said, "Hearken all Judah and the inhabiters of Jerusalem, and also king Jehoshaphat! Thus sayeth the LORD unto you: 'Be not afeard or faint hearted by reason of this great multitude. For the war is not yours, but God's.

Job 5:11-14

which setteth up them of low degree, and sendeth prosperity to those that are in heaviness;

Job 34:29

If he deliver and grant pardon, who will judge or condemn? But if he hide away his countenance, who will turn it about again, whether it be to the people or to any man?

Psalm 33:16-17

There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of a host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.

Psalm 73:6-7

And this is the cause that they be so puffed up in pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty and unrighteousness.

Psalm 147:10-11

He hath no pleasure in the strength of a horse, neither delighteth he in any man's legs.

Proverbs 21:30-31

There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel against the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

Then turned I me to consider wisdom, error and foolishness: for what is he among men, that might be compared to me the king in such work?

Ecclesiastes 2:14-15

For a wise man beareth his eyes about in his head, but the fool goeth in the darkness. I perceived also that they both had one end.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I considered also that whatsoever God doth, it continueth forever, and that nothing can be put unto it, nor taken from it: And that God doth it to the intent that men should fear him.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

Then thought I in my mind, "God shall separate the righteous from the ungodly, and then shall be the time and judgment of all counsels and works."

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done under the Sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed; and there was no man to comfort them or that would deliver and defend them from the violence of their oppressors.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I saw that all travail and diligence of labour was hated of every man. This is also a vain thing, and a vexation of mind.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the work of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, which he maketh crooked.

Jeremiah 46:6

The lightest of foot shall not flee away, and the worthies shall not escape. Toward the north by the water of Euphrates, they shall stumble and fall.

Lamentations 3:37-38

{Mem} What is he then that sayeth, "There should something be done without the LORD's commandment:

Daniel 4:35

in comparison of whom, all they that dwell upon the earth are to be reputed as nothing. He handleth according to his will, among the powers of heaven and among the inhabiters of the earth - and there is none that may resist his hand, or say, 'What doest thou?'

Amos 2:14-16

so that the swift shall not escape, neither the strong be able to do anything: no, the giant shall not save his own life.

Malachi 3:18

Turn you therefore, and consider what difference is betwixt the righteous and ungodly: betwixt him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

Ephesians 1:11

in whom we are made heirs, and were thereto predestinate according to the purpose of him which worketh all things after the purpose of his own will:

Deuteronomy 8:18

But remember the LORD thy God, how that it is he which gave thee power to do manfully, for to make good the covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is come to pass this day.

1 Samuel 2:3-10

Let go your great boasting of high things, let go out of your mouth that old byword: for the LORD is a God that knoweth all things, and judgeth the thoughts.

1 Samuel 17:50

And so David overcame the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him. And because David had no sword in his hand,

2 Samuel 2:18-23

And there was three sons of Zeruiah there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel - which Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild roe -

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said that the counsel of Hushai the Archite was better than the counsel of Ahithophel - For it was even the LORD's determination to destroy the counsel of Ahithophel, which was good, that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.