Quotes about Uncertainty
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalm 39:6
There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
- Psalm 74:9
For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
- Proverbs 24:22
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:1
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 6:12
Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
- Ecclesiastes 8:7
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
- Ecclesiastes 10:14
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
- Ecclesiastes 11:2
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6
on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
- Ecclesiastes 12:3