Ecclesiastes 9:12

The Injustice Of Time And Chance

¹¹ Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them. ¹² For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them. ¹³ I have observed that this also is wisdom under the sun, and it is significant to me:

Appointed Time

Sons of Men

Children Of Men

No

Proverbs 29:6

An evil man is caught by sin,
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Job 18:8-10

For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.

Psalm 11:6

He will rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked;
a scorching wind will be their portion.

Psalm 73:18-20

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly;
he will be shattered instantly—beyond recovery.

Proverbs 7:22-23

He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap

Ecclesiastes 8:5-7

The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

Isaiah 30:13

this iniquity of yours will be
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!

Habakkuk 1:14-17

You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,
like marine creatures that have no ruler.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

Luke 12:39

But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

Luke 17:26-31

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:

Luke 19:42-44

saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

Luke 21:34-36

“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly

2 Corinthians 6:2

For He says:

I heard you in an acceptable time,
and I helped you in the day of salvation.

Look, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation.

2 Timothy 2:26

Then they may come to their senses and escape the Devil’s trap, having been captured by him to do his will.

1 Peter 2:12

Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.

2 Peter 2:12

But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed,