Ecclesiastes 9:10-14

¹⁰Whatsoever thy hand shall find to do, Do with all thy might; For there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, Nor wisdom, in Hades whither thou goest.

¹¹I returned, and saw under the sun, That the race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor yet bread to the wise, Nor yet wealth to men of understanding, Nor yet favor to men of knowledge; For time and chance will happen to them all.

¹²For surely man also knows not his time: As fish that are taken in an evil net, And as birds that are caught in a snare; Even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.

¹³This I also saw to be wisdom under the sun, And it is great before me:

¹⁴Suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; And there should come against it a great king, and surround it, And build great mounds against it;