'Suddenly' in the Bible

There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!"

"'If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification -- on the seventh day he must shave it.

"But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,

They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, "Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him."

As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.

When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;

May all my enemies be humiliated and absolutely terrified! May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!

But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.

But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.

Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare

for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring?

The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.

So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.

Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.

Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.

"I announced events beforehand, I issued the decrees and made the predictions; suddenly I acted and they came to pass.

I see one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our tents suddenly destroyed, their curtains torn down in a mere instant.

Their widows will become in my sight more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. I will cause anguish and terror to fall suddenly upon them.

But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed!

Armies will be suddenly swept away in defeat before him; both they and a covenant leader will be destroyed.

Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.

"I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming," says the Lord who rules over all.