Ecclesiastes 9:12

For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

Cross References (20)

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (9)

    While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant

  • Luke 21:34–36 (6)

    But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that

  • Proverbs 6:15 (5)

    Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

  • Proverbs 29:6 (5)

    An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:5–7 (5)

    Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:2 (4)

    For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of fa

  • Job 18:8–10 (4)

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

  • Proverbs 7:22–23 (4)

    He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

  • Luke 12:20 (4)

    But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accum

  • 2 Timothy 2:26 (4)

    Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

  • Psalms 73:18–20 (4)

    Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

  • Luke 19:42–44 (3)

    and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

  • Luke 12:39 (3)

    But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be br

  • Psalms 11:6 (3)

    On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

  • Habakkuk 1:14–17 (3)

    You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.

  • Luke 17:26–31 (3)

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

  • Isaiah 30:13 (3)

    this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an i

  • 2 Peter 2:12 (3)

    These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matte

  • Ecclesiastes 8:11 (2)

    When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

  • 1 Peter 2:12 (2)

    Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good