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
"Would that you had known, while yet there was time--even you--the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.
2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says--'At the time for acceptance I listened to thee, And on the day of deliverance I helped thee.' Now is the time for acceptance! Now is the day of deliverance!
1 Peter 2:12
Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God 'at the time when he shall visit them.'
As the fishes
2 Timothy 2:26
and they may yet come to a sober mind, and escape from the snares of the Devil, when captured by the Lord's Servant to do the will of God.
The sons
Luke 12:20
But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'
Luke 17:26
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be again in the days of the Son of Man.
Luke 21:34
Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When people are saying 'All is quiet and safe,' it is then that, like birth-pains upon a woman with child, Ruin comes suddenly upon them, and there will be no escape!
2 Peter 2:12
These men, however, like animals without reason, intended by nature to be caught and killed--these men, I say, malign those of whom they know nothing, and will assuredly perish through their own corruption,