34 Bible Verses about surprises

Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;

“Why are You like a man dismayed,
Like a mighty man who cannot save?
Yet You are in our midst, O Lord,
And we are called by Your name;
Do not forsake us!”

And He did not answer him with regard to even a single charge, so the governor was quite amazed.

Let destruction come upon him unawares,
And let the net which he hid catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Four which I do not understand:

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief;

And He saw that there was no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.

In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you;

And He wondered at their unbelief.And He was going around the villages teaching.

So Joshua came upon them suddenly by marching all night from Gilgal.

I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;

and they were amazed at His teaching, for His message was with authority.

Jesus answered them, “I did one deed, and you all marvel.

Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal.

Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.

Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead.

Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to count.

The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man become learned, having never been educated?”

At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why do You speak with her?”

“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.

They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

When they began singing and praising, the Lord set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were routed.

Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

(“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”)

Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.

and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.