| Ecclesiastes 9 12 |
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. |
| Luke 16 8 |
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 11 |
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. |
| Joel 2 2 |
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. |
| Ecclesiastes 4 1 |
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. |
| Ecclesiastes 4 4 |
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| Numbers 32 11 |
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: |
| Ecclesiastes 7 14 |
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. |
| Proverbs 28 11 |
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out. |
| Ecclesiastes 11 8 |
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. |
| Proverbs 27 24 |
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? |
| Proverbs 1 32 |
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. |
| Ecclesiastes 9 13 |
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: |
| Zechariah 7 14 |
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate. |
| Ruth 3 10 |
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. |
| 1 Corinthians 9 24 |
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. |
| Zechariah 8 10 |
For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. |
| Joshua 2 5 |
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. |
| James 1 11 |
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. |
| Revelation 18 17 |
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, |
| Matthew 25 24 |
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: |
| James 4 14 |
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. |
| Deuteronomy 12 9 |
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. |
| Leviticus 26 5 |
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. |
| Proverbs 19 4 |
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. |
| Proverbs 7 7 |
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, |
| Psalms 66 12 |
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. |
| Deuteronomy 4 20 |
But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. |
| Ecclesiastes 2 14 |
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. |
| 2 Samuel 12 4 |
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. |
| Matthew 20 12 |
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. |
| Revelation 22 12 |
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. |
| 1 Chronicles 29 15 |
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. |
| Proverbs 24 14 |
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. |
| 1 Thessalonians 5 4 |
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. |
| Ezekiel 1 4 |
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. |
| Ecclesiastes 9 16 |
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. |
| Ecclesiastes 3 2 |
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; |
| 1 Kings 10 7 |
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. |
| Numbers 13 18 |
And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; |
| Philippians 4 10 |
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. |
| Proverbs 20 29 |
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head. |
| 2 Chronicles 1 12 |
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. |
| Luke 7 31 |
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? |
| Daniel 11 35 |
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. |
| Hosea 8 7 |
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. |
| Job 32 9 |
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. |
| Isaiah 17 14 |
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 17 |
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? |
| Psalms 90 9 |
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. |