Bible Verses About The Unexpected
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the unexpected, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,747 votes, led by James 4:13-14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Unexpected
James 4:13-14282 votes
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Revelation 16:15245 votes
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
John 16:13229 votes
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
2 Kings 7:2223 votes
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Revelation 1:1209 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
John 3:16-17206 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16205 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Revelation 3:3195 votes
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Matthew 24:42-44194 votes
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew 25:13191 votes
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
2 Peter 3:9191 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
John 16:33183 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Matthew 24:4181 votes
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Romans 12:19173 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
John 14:6172 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
2 Peter 1:20162 votes
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Acts 10:15161 votes
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Acts 17:10-11151 votes
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Psalms 23:4141 votes
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Hebrews 13:8135 votes
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Romans 12:2130 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
John 3:3127 votes
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Joshua 1:9125 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Hebrews 4:15124 votes
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Genesis 1:1123 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
What does the Bible say about the unexpected?
Readers most often cite James 4:13-14 on the subject of the unexpected. Across 9,747 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 16:15, John 16:13, 2 Kings 7:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.