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.
As the fishes
Bible References
Man
Luke 19:42
and said, "If you yourself only knew today the conditions of peace! But as it is, they are hidden from you.
2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says, "I have listened to you at a welcome time, And helped you on a day of deliverance!" Now the welcome time has come! This is the day of deliverance!
1 Peter 2:12
Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment.
As the fishes
2 Timothy 2:26
and they may yet return to their senses and escape from the toils of the devil, who has caught them to make them do his will.
The sons
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. Then who will have all you have prepared?'
Luke 17:26
In the time of the Son of Man it will be just as it was in the time of Noah.
Luke 21:34
But take care that your hearts are not loaded down with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day takes you by surprise, like a trap.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When people say, "What peace and security!" then suddenly destruction will be upon them, like birth-pains upon a woman about to give birth to a child, and there will be no escape.
2 Peter 2:12
These men, like unreasoning animals, mere creatures of instinct created to be caught and killed, abuse what they do not understand and will be destroyed like animals,