Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Proverbs 29:6

An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Job 18:8-10

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.

Psalm 11:6

Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 73:18-20

Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.

Proverbs 6:15

therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

Proverbs 7:22-23

All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast

Ecclesiastes 8:5-7

Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.

Isaiah 30:13

therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;

Habakkuk 1:14-17

You make mankind like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

Luke 12:39

But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.

Luke 17:26-31

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

Luke 19:42-44

saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

Luke 21:34-36

"But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

2 Corinthians 6:2

For he says, "In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you."Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

2 Timothy 2:26

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

1 Peter 2:12

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

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.

General references

Bible References

Man

Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.
Luke 19:42
saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says, "In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you."Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
1 Peter 2:12
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

As the fishes

Proverbs 7:22
All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
Habakkuk 1:14
You make mankind like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler.
2 Timothy 2:26
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

The sons

Job 18:8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.
Psalm 11:6
Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalm 73:18
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
Proverbs 6:15
therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
Proverbs 29:6
An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
Isaiah 30:13
therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required 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 will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
Luke 21:34
"But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
2 Peter 2:12
But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

General references

Ezekiel 32:3
Thus says the Lord GOD: I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
Amos 3:5
Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?

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