22 Bible Verses about Withheld Knowledge

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Ecclesiastes 3:22

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 9:12

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, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when it falls suddenly upon them.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool also multiplies words; [yet] man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, yea, even to eight, for thou know not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Matthew 24:43

But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Acts 20:22

And now behold, I, bound in the spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me in it,

Daniel 12:9

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.

Revelation 5:3

And none in heaven above nor on the earth nor under the earth was able to open the book or to see in it.

Revelation 10:4

And when the seven thunders uttered, I was going to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.

John 13:7

Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou do not know now, but thou will understand after these things.

John 16:12

I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Ephesians 3:5

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.

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