Quotes About Fate

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heberís wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.

At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.

But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”

But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelechís head, crushing his skull.

He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ëA woman killed him.í” So Abimelechís armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.

In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.

(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.

If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your fatherís house, so that no older man will be left in your house.

And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.

Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your fatherís house!”

When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”

Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.

So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.