Ecclesiastes 8:7 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:7

7: Indeed, how can people avoid what they don't know is going to happen?

People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a snare, people are often caught by sudden tragedy.

Foolish people claim to know all about the future and tell everyone the details! But who can really know what is going to happen?

For you will go down with them to sudden disaster. Who knows where the punishment from the LORD and the king will end?

In the few days of our empty lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? And who can tell what will happen in the future after we are gone?

So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is why they are here! No one will bring them back from death to enjoy life in the future.

I really don't need to write to you about how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters.
For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.
When people are saying, "All is well; everything is peaceful and secure," then disaster will fall upon them as suddenly as a woman's birth pains begin when her child is about to be born. And there will be no escape.

You also must be ready all the time. For the Son of Man will come when least expected.

Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.

At midnight they were roused by the shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and welcome him!'
"All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps.
Then the five foolish ones asked the others, 'Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.'
But the others replied, 'We don't have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.'
"But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.

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