Cross references
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:12 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (11 votes) and Luke 21:34–36 (8 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Joshua 8 to 2 Peter 2.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 9:12 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:311 votes
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Luke 21:34–368 votes
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. For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. …
- Proverbs 6:156 votes
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
- Job 18:8–105 votes
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him. …
- Psalm 73:18–205 votes
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! …
- Proverbs 29:65 votes
An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5–75 votes
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him. …
- Luke 12:205 votes
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Proverbs 7:22–234 votes
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
- Luke 19:42–444 votes
and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. …
- 2 Corinthians 6:24 votes
- 2 Timothy 2:264 votes
- 2 Peter 2:124 votes
- Psalm 11:63 votes
- Isaiah 30:133 votes
- Habakkuk 1:14–173 votes
- Luke 12:393 votes
- Luke 17:26–313 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:112 votes
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- 1 Peter 2:122 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 9:12?
The 10 strongest of 25.