Ecclesiastes 8:7 directly says man does not know what will happen, same ignorance theme as here.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 notes delayed judgment breeds evil, while here evil time comes suddenly — a contrast in timing but both about judgment.

2 Peter 2:12 compares false teachers to brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, echoing the net/snare imagery of sudden capture.

Proverbs 29:6 uses the same 'snare' metaphor: the evil man is trapped by his own sin, mirroring the entrapment in an evil time.

Proverbs 7:23 directly uses the bird-in-snare image — the same metaphor for unknowingly walking into destruction.

Habakkuk 1:14-17 describes men caught like fish in a net by the Chaldeans — identical imagery of being ensnared in evil times.

Proverbs 6:15 warns of sudden, irreparable calamity for the wicked, directly paralleling the unexpected 'evil time' here.

Luke 12:20 vividly illustrates sudden, unexpected death—the rich fool—exactly the point of not knowing 'his time' here.

Luke 17:26-31 recounts sudden judgment in Noah's and Lot's days, illustrating the unexpected 'evil time' Ecclesiastes describes.

Luke 19:42-44 echoes this: Jerusalem did not know the time of visitation, leading to sudden destruction — the same tragedy of unawareness.

Luke 21:34-36 warns of a day that comes like a trap, directly echoing the net/snare imagery for sudden disaster here.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 uses the same sudden destruction imagery—when people say 'peace and safety,' calamity strikes unexpectedly, like labor pains.

Job 18:8-10 describes the wicked caught in a net/snare, exactly the same trap imagery for sudden downfall found here.

Luke 21:35 describes the day of judgment coming like a trap on everyone — a clear parallel to the sudden snare here.

Judges 20:34 states the Benjamites 'did not know that disaster was upon them'—a direct parallel to man unknowingly being snared by evil time.

Amos 3:5 also asks about a bird caught in a snare, using the same metaphor to discuss inevitability.

Hosea 7:12 uses the exact same net-and-bird imagery for God's judgment, directly echoing the metaphor here.

Psalm 91:3 assures deliverance from the fowler's snare, opposite of Ecclesiastes' claim that man is caught.

Psalm 49:12 says man like beasts that perish, mirroring the helplessness and animal imagery of Ecclesiastes.

Psalm 37:19 promises the righteous will be satisfied in evil time, contrasting with Ecclesiastes' view that all are snared.

Joshua 8:14 says the king of Ai 'did not know' an ambush was set—mirroring man's ignorance of coming disaster in Ecclesiastes.

Proverbs 7:22 likens the fool to an ox led to slaughter — another image of people being trapped unaware.

Psalm 73:18-20 describes the wicked being suddenly swept away like a dream, matching the theme of unexpected calamity in Ecclesiastes.

Psalm 18:5 uses 'snares of death' imagery, paralleling the sudden snare metaphor for death in Ecclesiastes.

Ezekiel 17:20 has God spreading a net as a snare for judgment, paralleling the snare metaphor for calamity.

Ezekiel 32:3 uses God's net over Pharaoh, similar divine snare imagery to the sudden trap in Ecclesiastes.

Jeremiah 50:24 describes God laying a snare for Babylon, using similar trapping imagery but with divine agency.

Isaiah 30:13 describes sudden collapse due to sin, paralleling the sudden disaster that falls on men in Ecclesiastes.

2 Corinthians 6:2 shifts from unknown time to 'now is the day of salvation' — the uncertainty becomes a call to urgent response.

Job 24:1 questions why times of judgment are hidden from humans, echoing the theme of man's ignorance of his time.

2 Timothy 2:26 speaks of the devil's snare capturing people — similar trap imagery, now applied to spiritual bondage.