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
saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, and that in this thy day, the things that concern thy peace! but now they are hidden from thine eyes.
2 Corinthians 6:2
(for he saith: "In an accepted time I heard thee, and in the day of salvation I helped thee;" Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation;)
1 Peter 2:12
having your manner of life among the gentiles honorable; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
As the fishes
2 Timothy 2:26
and they may awake to their senses out of the snare of the Devil, by whom they have been taken captive to do his will.
The sons
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up?
Luke 17:26
And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Luke 21:34
But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they are saying, Peace and safety; then doth sudden destruction come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
2 Peter 2:12
but these, as brute beasts, by nature born to be taken and destroyed, railing at things which they understand not, shall even perish in their own corruption,