Matthew 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

Psalms 75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

Ecclesiastes 9:11 ¶I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.