Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man also does not know 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 falls suddenly on them.

Proverbs 29:6

In the sin of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sings and rejoices.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they shall say, Peace and safety! Then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape.

Job 18:8-10

For he is thrown into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a net.

Psalm 11:6

On the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and a horrible tempest shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; he is quickly broken, and there is no healing.

Proverbs 7:22-23

He goes after her immediately, like an ox goes to the slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Ecclesiastes 8:5-7

Whoever keeps the command shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knows 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 comes suddenly, in an instant.

Habakkuk 1:14-17

For You make man like the fish of the sea, like creeping things with no ruler over them.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?

Luke 12:39

And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through.

Luke 17:26-31

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

Luke 19:42-44

saying, If you had known, even you, even at least in this day of yours, the things for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

Luke 21:34-36

And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with headaches and drinking and anxieties of this life; and that day should suddenly come on you;

2 Corinthians 6:2

(For He says, "In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation, I helped you;" Behold, now is the accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.)

2 Timothy 2:26

and that they awake out of the snare of the Devil, having been taken captive by him, so as to do the will of that one.

1 Peter 2:12

having your conduct honest among the nations, in that which they speak against you as evildoers, they may glorify God in a day of His visitation, seeing your good works.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, as unreasoning natural brute animals having been born for capture and corruption, speak evil of the things that they do not understand. And they will utterly perish in their own corruption,

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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 the command shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knows both time and judgment.
Luke 19:42
saying, If you had known, even you, even at least in this day of yours, the things for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
2 Corinthians 6:2
(For He says, "In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation, I helped you;" Behold, now is the accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.)
1 Peter 2:12
having your conduct honest among the nations, in that which they speak against you as evildoers, they may glorify God in a day of His visitation, seeing your good works.

As the fishes

Proverbs 7:22
He goes after her immediately, like an ox goes to the slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Habakkuk 1:14
For You make man like the fish of the sea, like creeping things with no ruler over them.
2 Timothy 2:26
and that they awake out of the snare of the Devil, having been taken captive by him, so as to do the will of that one.

The sons

Job 18:8
For he is thrown into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a net.
Psalm 11:6
On the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and a horrible tempest shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalm 73:18
Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.
Proverbs 6:15
Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; he is quickly broken, and there is no healing.
Proverbs 29:6
In the sin of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sings and rejoices.
Isaiah 30:13
therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
Luke 17:26
And as it was in the days of Noah, so it also shall be in the days of the Son of Man.
Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with headaches and drinking and anxieties of this life; and that day should suddenly come on you;
1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety! Then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape.
2 Peter 2:12
But these, as unreasoning natural brute animals having been born for capture and corruption, speak evil of the things that they do not understand. And they will utterly perish in their own corruption,

General references

Ezekiel 32:3
So says the Lord Jehovah: I will therefore spread out My net over you with an assembly of many peoples; and they shall lift you up in My net.
Amos 3:5
Will a bird fall into a trap on the ground, and there is no bait for it? Will a trap spring up from the ground, and nothing at all be caught?