Proverbs 24:22
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22 for disaster comes from them suddenly,
and who knows the ruin that both can bring?
Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for mortals while they live the few days of their vain life, which they pass like a shadow? For who can tell them what will be after them under the sun?(A)
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Ecclesiastes 9:12
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12 For no one can anticipate one’s time. Like fish taken in a cruel net or like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 10:14
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14 yet fools talk on and on.
No one knows what is to happen,
and who can tell anyone what the future holds?(A)
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