'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.
Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more except Jesus.
or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.
"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him.
While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.
As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them
Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.
As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
Cornelius replied, "Four days ago at this very hour, at three o'clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly!" And the chains fell off Peter's wrists.
Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.
As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,