Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
As the fishes
The sons
General references
Bible References
Man
Ecclesiastes 8:5
The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Luke 19:42
saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.
2 Corinthians 6:2
For He says:
I heard you in an acceptable time,
and I helped you in the day of salvation.
Look, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation.
and I helped you in the day of salvation.
Look, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation.
1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.
As the fishes
Proverbs 7:22 He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap
Habakkuk 1:14 You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,
like marine creatures that have no ruler.
like the fish of the sea,
like marine creatures that have no ruler.
2 Timothy 2:26
Then they may come to their senses and escape the Devil’s trap, having been captured by him to do his will.
The sons
Job 18:8 For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.
and he strays into its mesh.
Psalm 11:6 He will rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked;
a scorching wind will be their portion.
a scorching wind will be their portion.
Psalm 73:18 Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.
You make them fall into ruin.
Proverbs 6:15 Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly;
he will be shattered instantly—beyond recovery.
he will be shattered instantly—beyond recovery.
Proverbs 29:6 An evil man is caught by sin,
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.
Isaiah 30:13 this iniquity of yours will be
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!
Luke 12:20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’
Luke 17:26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:
Luke 21:34 “Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
2 Peter 2:12
But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed,
General references
Ezekiel 32:3
This is what the Lord God says:
I will spread My net over you
with an assembly of many peoples,
and they will haul you up in My net.
with an assembly of many peoples,
and they
Amos 3:5 Does a bird land in a trap on the ground
if there is no bait for it?
Does a trap spring from the ground
when it has caught nothing?
if there is no bait for it?
Does a trap spring from the ground
when it has caught nothing?