Acts 4:28
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28 But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.
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Acts 2:23
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23 But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him.
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Isaiah 46:10
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10 Only I can tell you the future
before it even happens.
Everything I plan will come to pass,
for I do whatever I wish.
Genesis 50:20
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20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.
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Matthew 26:24
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24 For the Son of Man must die, as the Scriptures declared long ago. But how terrible it will be for the one who betrays him. It would be far better for that man if he had never been born!”
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1 Peter 2:7-8
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7 Yes, you who trust him recognize the honor God has given him.[a] But for those who reject him,
“The stone that the builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.”[b]
8 And,
“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
the rock that makes them fall.”[c]
They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.
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Hebrews 6:17
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17 God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.
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Ephesians 1:11
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11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God,[a] for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.
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- 1:11 Or we have become God’s inheritance.
Acts 13:27-29
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27 The people in Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize Jesus as the one the prophets had spoken about. Instead, they condemned him, and in doing this they fulfilled the prophets’ words that are read every Sabbath. 28 They found no legal reason to execute him, but they asked Pilate to have him killed anyway.
29 “When they had done all that the prophecies said about him, they took him down from the cross[a] and placed him in a tomb.
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- 13:29 Greek from the tree.
Acts 3:18
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18 But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things.
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Luke 24:44-46
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44 Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. 46 And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day.
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Luke 22:22
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22 For it has been determined that the Son of Man[a] must die. But what sorrow awaits the one who betrays him.”
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- 22:22 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Matthew 26:54
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54 But if I did, how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?”
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Isaiah 53:10
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10 But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
Isaiah 40:13
New Living Translation
13 Who is able to advise the Spirit of the Lord?[a]
Who knows enough to give him advice or teach him?
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- 40:13 Greek version reads Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Compare Rom 11:34; 1 Cor 2:16.
Isaiah 28:29
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29 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is a wonderful teacher,
and he gives the farmer great wisdom.
Isaiah 5:19
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19 They even mock God and say,
“Hurry up and do something!
We want to see what you can do.
Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan,
for we want to know what it is.”
Proverbs 21:30
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30 No human wisdom or understanding or plan
can stand against the Lord.
Psalm 76:10
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10 Human defiance only enhances your glory,
for you use it as a weapon.[a]
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- 76:10 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Job 12:13
New Living Translation
13 “But true wisdom and power are found in God;
counsel and understanding are his.
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