Ecclesiastes 2:25

2:25 For no one can eat and drink

or experience joy apart from him.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

8:7 Surely no one knows the future,

and no one can tell another person what will happen.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

10:11 If the snake should bite before it is charmed,

the snake charmer is in trouble.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Concluding Refrain: Qoheleth Restates His Thesis

12:8 “Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher,

“All of these things are futile!”