returned

Ecclesiastes 2:12
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king's successor do than what has already been accomplished?

Ecclesiastes 4:1, 4
Again, I observed all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter. . . .

Malachi 3:18
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."

that the race

1 Samuel 17:50
Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

2 Samuel 2:18-23
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle, . . .

2 Samuel 17:14, 23
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel." For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order to bring disaster on Absalom. . . .

Psalm 33:16, 17
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. . . .

Psalm 73:6, 7
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. . . .

Psalm 147:10, 11
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man. . . .

Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Jeremiah 46:6
The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

Amos 2:14-16
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life. . . .

but

Ecclesiastes 2:14, 15
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both. . . .

Ecclesiastes 3:14-17
I know that everything God does will remain forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God works that men should revere Him. . . .

Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

1 Samuel 2:3-10
Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed. . . .

Job 5:11-14
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. . . .

Job 34:29
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

Proverbs 21:30, 31
No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel can prevail against the LORD. . . .

Lamentations 3:37, 38
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? . . .

Daniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'"

Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God's own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,