Ecclesiastes 9:12

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.

Man

As the fishes

Proverbs 7:22

Habakkuk 1:14

2 Timothy 2:26

The sons

General references

Ezekiel 32:3

Amos 3:5

Bible References

Man

Whosoever keeps the commandment shall experience no evil thing, and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.

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

(For he saith, I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in the day of saving health I have succoured thee; behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of saving health.)

and have your honest conversation among the Gentiles, so that, in that which they murmur about you as of evildoers, having witnessed your good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

As the fishes

He went after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

And dost make men as the fishes of the sea, as reptiles that have no lord?

and that they may become converted out of the snare of the devil, in which they are captive to do his will.

The sons

For a net shall be cast at his feet, and he shall walk upon a network.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, with winds of whirlwinds: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; in desolation thou shalt cause them to fall.

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

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

Therefore this sin shall be to you as an open wall ready to fall and as a breach in a high defence, whose breaking comes suddenly at an instant.

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast stored up?

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

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

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

But these, speaking evil of the things that they do not understand (as natural animals without reason, who are made to be taken and destroyed), shall utterly perish in their own corruption,

General references

Thus hath the Lord GOD said: I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many peoples, and they shall bring thee up in my net.

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth without a fowler? Shall the snare rise up from the earth and have taken nothing at all?