100 Bible Verses About Fate

Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.

But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.

Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.