Quotes about Surprise
Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
— 1 Samuel 24:3
But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
— 1 Kings 10:7
When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
— 2 Kings 6:15
So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
— 2 Kings 7:5
When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
— 2 Chronicles 20:24
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
— Job 30:26
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
— Psalm 35:8
They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
— Psalm 48:5
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
— Psalm 55:15
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
— Psalm 64:4
Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
— Song of Solomon 6:12
They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
— Isaiah 48:7