48 Bible Verses about fate

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.

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

Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

This is the destiny of fools, and of those who approve of their philosophy. (Selah)

Then I entered the precincts of God's temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked.

You are tired out from listening to so much advice. Let them take their stand -- the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make monthly predictions -- let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you!

It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking: "Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?

For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate) -- a fate for those whose feet slip!

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them."

This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives -- then they die.

So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!"

Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

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

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

But as for you who abandon the Lord and forget about worshiping at my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called 'Fortune,' and fill up wine jugs for the god called 'Destiny' --

This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me."

Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God."

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Whatever has happened was foreordained, and what happens to a person was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is.

You determine my destiny! Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.

What my eyes see grieves me -- all the suffering of the daughters in my city.

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain.

he said to take back this answer to Esther:

The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the creator of them both.

The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. By the sea they will graze, in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, for the Lord their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity.

For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life.

Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.

Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.