Ecclesiastes 9:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

None of us know when we might fall victim to a sudden disaster and find ourselves like fish in a net or birds in a trap.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.

Proverbs 29:6

Your sins will catch you, but everyone who lives right will sing and celebrate.

2 Timothy 2:26

They have been trapped by the devil, and he makes them obey him, but God may help them escape.

2 Corinthians 6:2

In the Scriptures God says, “When the time came, I listened to you, and when you needed help, I came to save you.” That time has come. This is the day for you to be saved.

Proverbs 6:15

But they will be struck by sudden disaster and left without a hope.

2 Peter 2:12

These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them.

1 Peter 2:12

Always let others see you behaving properly, even though they may still accuse you of doing wrong. Then on the day of judgment, they will honor God by telling the good things they saw you do.

Luke 12:39

You would surely not let a thief break into your home, if you knew when the thief was coming.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, “You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”

Isaiah 30:13

This sin is like a crack that makes a high wall quickly crumble

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When we see criminals commit crime after crime without being punished, it makes us want to start a life of crime.

Psalm 11:6

He will send fiery coals and flaming sulfur down on the wicked, and they will drink nothing but a scorching wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Once I saw what people really think of wisdom, and it made an impression on me.

Isaiah 24:18

If you are terrified and run, you will fall into a pit; if you crawl out of the pit, you will get caught in a trap. The sky has split apart like a window thrown open. The foundations of the earth have been shaken;

Hosea 9:8

Israel, the Lord sent me to look after you. But you trap his prophets and flood his temple with your hatred.

Proverbs 24:22

Who knows what sudden disaster the Lord or a ruler might bring?

Ecclesiastes 8:8

We cannot control the wind or determine the day of our death. There is no escape in time of war, and no one can hide behind evil.

Ezekiel 32:3

King of Egypt, listen to me. I, the Lord God, will catch you in my net and let a crowd of foreigners drag you to shore.

Hosea 7:12

But I will catch them in a net as hunters trap birds; I threatened to punish them, and indeed I will.