Ecclesiastes 8:7

New Century Version

They do not know what the future holds, and no one can tell them what will happen.

Cross References

Esther 5:12

He also said, “I’m the only person Queen Esther invited to come with the king to the banquet she gave. And tomorrow also the queen has asked me to be her guest with the king.

Proverbs 24:22

The Lord and the king will quickly destroy such people. Those two can cause great disaster!

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t brag about tomorrow; you don’t know what may happen then.

Proverbs 29:1

Whoever is stubborn after being corrected many times will suddenly be hurt beyond cure.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool talks too much. No one knows the future, and no one can tell what will happen after death.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw that the best thing people can do is to enjoy their work, because that is all they have. No one can help another person see what will happen in the future.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

People have only a few useless days of life on the earth; their short life passes like a shadow. Who knows what is best for them while they live? Who can tell them what the future will bring?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember: God gives good times and hard times, and no one knows what tomorrow will bring.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

I thought about all this and tried to understand it. I saw that God controls good people and wise people and what they do, but no one knows if they will experience love or hate.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

No one knows what will happen next. Like a fish caught in a net, or a bird caught in a trap, people are trapped by evil when it suddenly falls on them.

Matthew 24:44

So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at a time you don’t expect him.

Matthew 24:50

The master will come when that servant is not ready and is not expecting him.