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Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”

Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.

But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.

And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.

Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken.

But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.

And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

…and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.

Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”

Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.

Even those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.”

Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:

“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

“Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to be fulfilled?”

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”

“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”

When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”

When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”

For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”

Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.

They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

…and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Therefore write down the things you have seen, the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.

After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”