Quotes About Destiny

It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

This is the wicked manís portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.

He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my motherís breast.

May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:

Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.

For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.