Quotes about Uncertainty
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
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
— Matthew 25:13
They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
— Matthew 26:22
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
— Mark 13:35
“Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
— John 9:12
“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
— John 14:5