Ecclesiastes 9:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You never know when hard times will come. Like fish in a net or birds in a snare, people are often trapped by some disaster that suddenly falls on them.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will say, “We have peace and we are safe.” At that time destruction will come to them quickly, like the pains of a woman giving birth. And those people will not escape.

Proverbs 29:6

Evil people are defeated by their sin, but good people will sing and be happy.

2 Timothy 2:26

The devil has trapped them and now makes them do what he wants. But maybe they can wake up to see what is happening and free themselves from the devil’s trap.

2 Corinthians 6:2

God says, “I heard you at the right time, and I gave you help on the day of salvation.” Isaiah 49:8 I tell you that the “right time” is now. The “day of salvation” is now.

Proverbs 6:15

But they will be punished. Disaster will strike, and they will be destroyed. There will be no one to help them.

2 Peter 2:12

But these false teachers speak evil against what they don’t understand. They are like animals that do things without really thinking—like wild animals that are born to be caught and killed. And, like wild animals, they will be destroyed.

1 Peter 2:12

People who don’t believe are living all around you. They may say that you are doing wrong. So live such good lives that they will see the good you do, and they will give glory to God on the day he comes.

Luke 12:39

“What would a homeowner do if he knew when a thief was coming? You know he would not let the thief break in.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So what about the things you prepared for yourself? Who will get those things now?’

Isaiah 30:13

You are guilty of these things. So you are like a tall wall with cracks in it. That wall will fall and break into small pieces.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Sometimes people are not immediately punished for the bad things they do. Their punishment is slow to come, and that makes other people want to do bad things too.

Psalm 11:6

He will make hot coals and burning sulfur fall like rain on the wicked. They will get nothing but a hot, burning wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

The same thing happens to animals and to people—they die. People and animals have the same ‘breath.’ Is a dead animal different from a dead person? It is all so senseless!

Ecclesiastes 9:13

I also saw a person doing a wise thing in this life, and it seemed very important to me.

Isaiah 24:18

People will hear about the danger, and they will be afraid. Some of them will run away, but they will fall into holes and be trapped. Some of them will climb out of the holes, but they will be caught in another trap. The floodgates in the sky above will open, and the floods will begin. The foundations of the earth will shake.

Hosea 9:8

God and the prophet are like guards watching over Ephraim, but there are many traps along his way. And people hate the prophet, even in the house of his God.

Proverbs 24:22

because people like that can quickly be destroyed. You have no idea how much trouble God and the king can make for their enemies.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has the power to keep their spirit from leaving or to stop their death. During war, no soldier has the freedom to go wherever he wants. In the same way evil does not allow anyone who does wrong to go free.

Ezekiel 32:3

This is what the Lord GOD says: “I have gathered many people together. Now I will throw my net over you. Then those people will pull you in.

Hosea 7:12

They go to those countries for help, but I will trap them. I will throw my net over them, and I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will punish them for their agreements.