Ecclesiastes 9:12

The Injustice Of Time And Chance

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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. ¹² 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. ¹³ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed to me great:

Appointed Time

Sons of Men

Children Of Men

No

Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Job 18:8-10

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

Psalm 11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

Proverbs 7:22-23

He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Ecclesiastes 8:5-7

He who keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Isaiah 30:13

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

Habakkuk 1:14-17

And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals that have no ruler over them?

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

Luke 12:39

And this know, that if the master of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would watch, and not suffer his house to be broken through.

Luke 17:26-31

And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

Luke 19:42-44

Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong to thy peace! but now they are hid from thy eyes.

Luke 21:34-36

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

2 Corinthians 6:2

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

2 Timothy 2:26

And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

1 Peter 2:12

Having your manner of life honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption: