Ecclesiastes 8:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Esther 5:12

And Haman added, “Even Queen Esther let no one come with the king to the banquet she prepared but myself. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.

Proverbs 24:22

for disaster from them will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?

Proverbs 27:1

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

Proverbs 29:1

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should enjoy his work, for that is his lot; who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hate man does not know. Everything before them is vanity,

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man does not know his time. Like fish which are taken in an evil net, and like birds which are caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Matthew 24:44

Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Matthew 24:50

the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know,