Ecclesiastes 8:7

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how and when it will be?

Cross References

Esther 5:12

Haman added, Yes, and today Queen Esther did not let any man come with the king to the dinner she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.

Proverbs 24:22

For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the punishment and ruin which both [the Lord and the king] will bring upon [the rebellious]?

Proverbs 27:1

DO NOT boast of [yourself and] tomorrow, for you know not what a day may bring forth. [Luke 12:19, 20; James 4:13.]

Proverbs 29:1

HE WHO, being often reproved, hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed–and that without remedy.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool also multiplies words, though no man can tell what will be–and what will happen after he is gone, who can tell him?

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw 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 back to see what will happen after he is gone?

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who [limited to human wisdom] knows what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow [going through the motions but accomplishing nothing]? For who can tell a man what will happen [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun after he is gone?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider that God has made the one side by side with the other, so that man may not find out anything that shall be after him.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

FOR ALL this I took to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) and the wise and their works are in the hands of God. Whether it is to be love or hatred no man knows; all that is before them.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man also knows not his time [of death]: as the fishes are taken in an evil net, and as the birds are caught in the snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when [calamity] falls suddenly upon them.

Matthew 24:44

You also must be ready therefore, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.

Matthew 24:50

The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware,