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

Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

As the fishes

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

The sons

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.

"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared -- whose will they be?'

As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

"So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

General references

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.

Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?