Ecclesiastes 9:12

New Living Translation

People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.

Cross References

Psalm 11:6

He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.

Proverbs 24:22

for disaster will hit them suddenly. Who knows what punishment will come from the Lord and the king?

Proverbs 29:6

Evil people are trapped by sin, but the righteous escape, shouting for joy.

Proverbs 6:15

But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For people and animals share the same fate—both breathe and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Here is another bit of wisdom that has impressed me as I have watched the way our world works.

Isaiah 24:18

Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap, and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare. Destruction falls like rain from the heavens; the foundations of the earth shake.

Isaiah 30:13

calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down.

Ezekiel 32:3

Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send many people to catch you in my net and haul you out of the water.

Hosea 7:12

But as they fly about, I will throw my net over them and bring them down like a bird from the sky. I will punish them for all the evil they do.

Hosea 9:8

The prophet is a watchman over Israel for my God, yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes. He faces hostility even in the house of God.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’

Luke 12:39

“Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would not permit his house to be broken into.

2 Corinthians 6:2

For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.

2 Timothy 2:26

Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.

1 Peter 2:12

Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.

2 Peter 2:12

These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed.