The saying, “everything happens for a reason,” is it biblical?<\/p>\n\t
Sometimes things happen by chance. God said, “I returned and saw under the sun that — the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all<\/em>” (Ecclesiastes 9:11).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: The saying, “everything happens for a reason,” is it biblical? Answer: Sometimes things happen by chance. God said, “I returned and saw under the sun that — the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[562],"class_list":["post-40165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-predestination"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9635,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-everything-happen-as-god-designed-it-or-is-it-all-by-coincidence\/","url_meta":{"origin":40165,"position":0},"title":"Does everything happen as God designed it or is it all by coincidence?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Do you think everything in life happens for a reason and is the way God designed things to happen? 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