34 Bible Verses about surprises
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Let desolation take hold on them, and let them go down alive into hell; for evils are among them in their dwellings.
Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though a strange thing happened to you,
Why should You be as a man stunned, as one mighty, yet who cannot save? Yet You, O Jehovah, are in our midst, and we are called by Your name. Do not leave us!
Let destruction come upon him, he will not know; and let his net which he has concealed catch him, let him fall in it, into destruction.
But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the Day should overtake you like a thief.
And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore His own arm brought salvation to Him; and His righteousness sustained Him.
In these things they are surprised, that you are not running with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming.
And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He went around the villages, in a circuit, teaching.
I marvel that you so soon are being moved away from Him who called you into the grace of Christ, to another gospel,
And they were astonished at His doctrine, for His word was with authority.
And hearing these things, Jesus marveled at him. And turning to the crowd following Him, He said, I say to you, I have not found such faith, no, not in Israel.
And when the Pharisee saw it, he was amazed that He had not first washed before dinner.
But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlearned and uneducated men, they marveled. And they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.
And Pilate wondered if He were already dead. And calling the centurion, he asked him whether He had died already.
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.
Do not marvel at this, for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves shall hear His voice,
O Jehovah my God, many things You have done, Your wonderful works and Your thoughts which are toward us; they cannot be set in order to You; I will declare and speak, for they are more than can be numbered.
And upon this His disciples came and marveled that He talked with the woman. However, no one said, What do You seek, or why do You talk with her?
Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to Him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that the tax-collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter. For He who is higher than the highest watches; and there are some higher than they.
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, We saw wonderful things today.
And when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who had come against Judah. And they were beaten.
And seeing this, Peter answered the people, Men, Israelites, why do you marvel at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made this man to walk by our own power or holiness?
Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is the one who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
For man also does not know his time; as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
And they recognized him, that it was him who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
