48 Bible Verses about fate

So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.

For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.

If these men die the death of all men or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.

I know, O Lord, that a man’s way is not in himself,
Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.

This is the way of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who approve their words. Selah.

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.

“You are wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.

It is better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting,
Because that is the end of every man,
And the living takes it to heart.

“Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.

“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will ponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,

“He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.

“Would that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would discern their future!

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.”

And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.

“But you who forsake the Lord,
Who forget My holy mountain,
Who set a table for Fortune,
And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny,

“This is your lot, the portion measured to you
From Me,” declares the Lord,
“Because you have forgotten Me
And trusted in falsehood.

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.

and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

I will destine you for the sword,
And all of you will bow down to the slaughter.
Because I called, but you did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not hear.
And you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”

“This is the wicked man’s portion from God,
Even the heritage decreed to him by God.”

so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.

My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.

My eyes bring pain to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.

Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.”

Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
Who encircle yourselves with firebrands,
Walk in the light of your fire
And among the brands you have set ablaze.
This you will have from My hand:
You will lie down in torment.

Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews.

The rich and the poor have a common bond,
The Lord is the maker of them all.

For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?

And the coast will be
For the remnant of the house of Judah,
They will pasture on it.
In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;
For the Lord their God will care for them
And restore their fortune.

For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And dust you will eat
All the days of your life;

If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way;
He who hates reproof will die.