A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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Ecclesiastes 8:7 · 10 connections
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For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
For man also knoweth not 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 falleth suddenly upon them.
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. …
End of linked passage: Matthew 25:13He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. …
End of linked passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:3Original source and licence · Import and validation record · Five excluded rows