Ecc 9:12, Amo 5:13, Mic 2:3, Eph 5:16 | ESV | STEP | For man does not know his time . Like fish that are taken in an evil net , and like birds that are caught in a snare , so the children of man are snared at an evil time , when it suddenly falls upon them.

j[See ver. 15 above]

k ch. 6:13; Eccles. 12:1; Amos 5:13; Gal. 1:4

Ecclesiastes 9:12

12 For man ^adoes not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and ^blike birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are ^csnared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Amos 5:13

13 Therefore he who is prudent will ^dkeep silent in such a time,
^efor it is an evil time.

Micah 2:3

3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against ^fthis family I am devising disaster, ^{▼▼The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context}
from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you ^hshall not walk haughtily,
ⁱfor it will be a time of disaster.

Ephesians 5:16

16 ^jmaking the best use of the time, because ^kthe days are evil.