Ecclesiastes 9:12
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
Cross References
Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life--and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

Luke 21:35
For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Proverbs 7:23
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare--not knowing it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 29:6
An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

Ecclesiastes 3:19
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other--they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

Ecclesiastes 8:7
Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

Ecclesiastes 9:13
I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:

Isaiah 24:18
Whoever flees the sound of terror will fall into a pit, and whoever escapes from the pit will be caught in a trap. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Hosea 9:8
The prophet is Ephraim's watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

man

Ecclesiastes 8:5-7, 11
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. . . .

Luke 19:42-44
and said, "If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:2
For He says: "In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!

1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

as the fishes

Proverbs 7:22, 23
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, . . .

Habakkuk 1:14-17
You have made men like the fish of the sea, like sea creatures with no ruler. . . .

2 Timothy 2:26
Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

the sons

Job 18:8-10
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. . . .

Psalm 11:6
On the wicked He will rain fiery coals and brimstone; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Psalm 73:18-20
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. . . .

Proverbs 6:15
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

Proverbs 29:6
An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

Isaiah 30:13
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fall, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly--in an instant!

Luke 12:20, 39
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?' . . .

Luke 17:26-31
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: . . .

Luke 21:34-36
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life--and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, "Peace and security, " destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

2 Peter 2:12
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

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