34 Bible Verses about surprises
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Let them be condemned unto death, and let them go down alive into Sheol for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
Beloved, think it not strange when you are tried by fire (which is done to prove you) as though some strange thing happened unto you,
Why should thou be as a speechless man as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; do not leave us.
Let destruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.
There are three things which are hidden from me, yea, four which I know not:
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should take you as a thief.
And he saw that there was no man and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore his arm brought salvation unto him, and his righteous ness, it sustained him.
And it seems strange to those that speak evil of you, that ye do not run with them to the same unchecked dissolution;
And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went through the villages round about, teaching.
Joshua, therefore, came unto them suddenly, for he went up from Gilgal all night.
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel,
And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with power.
When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him and turned about and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you that not even in Israel have I found such great faith.
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled, and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus.
And Pilate marvelled that he was already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.
Marvel not at this, for an hour shall come when all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Thou hast increased, O LORD my God, thy wonderful works which thou hast done and thy thoughts regarding us; they are beyond our ability to express, declare, or speak; they cannot be told.
And upon this came his disciples and marvelled that he talked with that woman; yet no one said, What askest thou? or, What talkest thou with her?
Which of the two did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go ahead of you into the kingdom of God.
If thou seest violence unto the poor and the extortion of rights and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for height is looking upon height; and there is one higher than they.
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen marvels today.
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set the sons of Moab and those of Mount Seir to ambush the sons of Ammon, who were coming against Judah; and they smote one another.
And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own virtue or godliness we had made this man walk?
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that 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 the evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
and they knew that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.