Popular Bible Verses about Surprise

Found 9 Verses

1 Thessalonians 5:4

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But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. NIV

But you are not in [given up to the power of] darkness, brethren, for that day to overtake you by surprise like a thief. AMP

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. KJV

Joshua 10:9

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After an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise. NIV

So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having gone up from Gilgal all night. AMP

Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. KJV

Acts 3:12

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When Peter saw this, he said to them: "People of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?" NIV

And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, You men of Israel, why are you so surprised and wondering at this? Why do you keep staring at us, as though by our [own individual] power or [active] piety we had made this man [able] to walk? AMP

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 power or holiness we had made this man to walk? KJV

1 Kings 9:8

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This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' NIV

This house shall become a heap of ruins; every passerby shall be astonished and shall hiss [with surprise] and say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house? AMP

And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? KJV

Jeremiah 14:9

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Why are you like someone taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? You are among us, LORD, and we bear your name; do not forsake us! NIV

Why should You be [hesitant and inactive] like a man stunned and confused, like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by Your name; do not leave us! AMP

Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. KJV

Psalms 55:15

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Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them. NIV

Let desolations and death come suddenly upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol (the place of the dead), for evils are in their habitations, in their hearts, and their inmost part. AMP

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. KJV

Psalms 91:6

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Nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. NIV

Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday. AMP

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. KJV

Psalms 71:7

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I have become like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge. NIV

I am as a wonder and surprise to many, but You are my strong refuge. AMP

I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. KJV

Psalms 35:8

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May ruin overtake them by surprise – may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin. NIV

Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction. AMP

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. KJV