Ecclesiastes 9:11-13

Living Bible

¹¹ Again I looked throughout the earth and saw that the swiftest person does not always win the race, nor the strongest man the battle, and that wise men are often poor, and skillful men are not necessarily famous; but it is all by chance, by happening to be at the right place at the right time. ¹² A man never knows when he is going to run into bad luck. He is like a fish caught in a net, or a bird caught in a snare.

¹³ Here is another thing that has made a deep impression on me as I have watched human affairs: