I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealt
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every dee
I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they s
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything b
And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do n
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes th
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are
Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man a
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For t
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and th
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philis
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples o
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometo
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,