6 occurrences in 12 translations

'Happen' in the Bible

Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn't done it?

Verse ConceptsTrumpetCalamityGod Appointed AfflictionsTremblingTrumpets For SignallingGod Can Harm PeopleWisdomNatural Disasters

"Pursue good and not evil, so that you may live, and this is what will happen: The LORD God of the Heavenly Armies will be with you, as you have been claiming.

Verse ConceptsSeeking LifeSeeking For Abstract ThingsGod Be With You

It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedTen PeopleHow Death Is Inevitable

The Lord relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” He said.

Verse ConceptsNeverGod Changing His Mind

The Lord relented concerning this. “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsNeverGod Changing His Mind

It will happen in that day," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyNoonThe SunDarkness During DaytimeDarkening Sun Moon And StarsAstronomical SignsCosmic DisturbancesSunEclipseSolar EclipseSunshineThe Moon

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Appear (157 instances)
Arrive (57 instances)
Befall (25 instances)
Encounter (23 instances)
Ensue (2 instances)
Eventually (56 instances)
Happen (374 instances)
Issue (89 instances)
Materialize (1 instance)
Occur (33 instances)

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