Ecclesiastes 8:7

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.

Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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

For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’

He answered, “I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments, and you have followed the Baals.

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

But they didn’t listen. They didn’t turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

I will punish him, his offspring, and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they didn’t listen.” ’ ”

Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?

Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”

This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.

Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”

He said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’ ”

Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, all you people!”

Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they didn’t listen.

He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.

God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him and prospered?

May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”

Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

“But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,

For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”

Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),

But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.

therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.

For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.

the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it, and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,