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 Luke 21:34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life--and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. Luke 21:35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. Proverbs 7:23 until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare--not knowing it will cost him his life. Proverbs 29:6 An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices. Ecclesiastes 3:19 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other--they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. Ecclesiastes 8:7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come? Ecclesiastes 9:13 I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me: Isaiah 24:18 Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken. Hosea 9:8 The prophet is Ephraim's watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God! Treasury of Scripture For man also knows 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 falls suddenly on them. man Ecclesiastes 8:5-7,11 Luke 19:42-44 2 Corinthians 6:2 as the fishes Proverbs 7:22,23 Habakkuk 1:14-17 2 Timothy 2:26 the sons Job 18:8-10 Psalm 11:6 Psalm 73:18-20 |