Quotes about Fate
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
— Esther 7:10
Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
— Job 4:7
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
— Job 8:13
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
— Job 9:22
Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
— Job 10:18
The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
— Job 12:5
Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
— Job 18:20
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
— Job 20:29
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
— Job 21:13
Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
— Job 21:16
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
— Job 21:17
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
— Job 21:25