Ecclesiastes 9:12
Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.
Proverbs 29:6
In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
Now when they are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
Job 18:8-10
For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.
Psalm 11:6
May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
Proverbs 6:15
Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
Proverbs 7:22-23
Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare
Ecclesiastes 8:5-7
Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.
Ecclesiastes 8:11
When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
Isaiah 30:13
So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.
Habakkuk 1:14-17
You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
Luke 12:39
But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
Luke 17:26-31
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.
Luke 19:42-44
saying, "If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Luke 21:34-36
"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says, "I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!
2 Timothy 2:26
and they will come to their senses and escape the devil's trap where they are held captive to do his will.
1 Peter 2:12
and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.
2 Peter 2:12
But these men, like irrational animals -- creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed -- do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,