Ecclesiastes 8:7

New American Bible - revised edition

that they are ignorant of what is to come; for who will make known to them how it will be?

Cross References

Proverbs 24:22

For disaster will issue suddenly, and calamity from them both, who knows when?

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what any day may bring forth.

Proverbs 29:1

Those stiff-necked in the face of reproof in an instant will be shattered beyond cure.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet fools multiply words. No one knows what is to come, for who can tell anyone what will be?

Ecclesiastes 3:22

And I saw that there is nothing better for mortals than to rejoice in their work; for this is their lot. Who will let them see what is to come after them?

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for mortals in life, the limited days of their vain life, spent like a shadow? Because who can tell them what will come afterward under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

On a good day enjoy good things, and on an evil day consider: Both the one and the other God has made, so that no one may find the least fault with him. Critique of Sages on Justice and Wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

All this I have kept in my heart and all this I examined: The just, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Love from hatred mortals cannot tell; both are before them.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Human beings no more know their own time than fish taken in the fatal net or birds trapped in the snare; like these, mortals are caught when an evil time suddenly falls upon them. The Uncertain Future and the Sages.

Matthew 24:44

So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant.

Matthew 24:50

the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour