Daniel 4:35
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35 All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and he does what he wills with the host of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can stay his hand
or say to him, “What have you done?”(A)
Psalm 135:6
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6 Whatever the Lord pleases he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.(A)
Psalm 115:3
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3 Our God is in the heavens;
he does whatever he pleases.(A)
Job 42:2
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2 “I know that you can do all things
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.(A)
Romans 11:33-36
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33 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!(A)
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”(B)
35 “Or who has given a gift to him,
to receive a gift in return?”
36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.(C)
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Ephesians 1:11
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11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance,[a] having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,(A)
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- 1.11 Or been made a heritage
Romans 9:19-20
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God’s Wrath and Mercy
19 You will say to me then, “Why then does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”(A) 20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(B)
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Acts 4:28
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28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
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Isaiah 40:15-17
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15 Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket
and are accounted as dust on the scales;
see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.(A)
16 Lebanon would not provide fuel enough,
nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering.]][a]
17 All the nations are as nothing before him;
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.(B)
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- 40.14–16 Q ms lacks Who taught him . . . burnt offering
Matthew 11:25-26
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Jesus Thanks His Father
25 At that time Jesus said, “I thank[a] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;(A) 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.[b]
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Isaiah 43:13
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13 Indeed, since that day I am he;
there is no one who can deliver from my hand;
I work, and who can hinder it?(A)
1 Corinthians 10:22
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22 Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:16
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16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord
so as to instruct him?”
But we have the mind of Christ.(A)
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Isaiah 46:10-11
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10 declaring the outcome from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, “My purpose shall stand,
and I will fulfill my intention,”(A)
11 calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man for my purpose from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have planned, and I will do it.(B)
Isaiah 45:9-11
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9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?(A)
10 Woe to anyone who says to a father, “What are you fathering?”
or to a woman, “With what are you in labor?”
11 Thus says the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel and its Maker:
Will you question me[b] about my children
or command me concerning the work of my hands?(B)
Psalm 33:8-11
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8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him,(A)
9 for he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.(B)
10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.(C)
11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the thoughts of his heart to all generations.(D)
Job 34:14-15
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14 If he should take back his spirit[a] to himself
and gather to himself his breath,(A)
15 all flesh would perish together,
and all mortals return to dust.(B)
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- 34.14 Heb his heart his spirit
Acts 5:39
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39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them—in that case you may even be found fighting against God!”
They were convinced by him,(A)
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Isaiah 26:9
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9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.(A)
Isaiah 14:24-27
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An Oracle concerning Assyria
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
As I have designed,
so shall it be,
and as I have planned,
so shall it come to pass:(A)
25 I will break the Assyrian in my land
and on my mountains trample him under foot;
his yoke shall be removed from them
and his burden from their shoulders.(B)
26 This is the plan that is planned
concerning the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.(C)
27 For the Lord of hosts has planned,
and who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?(D)
Job 23:13
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13 But he stands alone, and who can dissuade him?
What he desires, that he does.(A)
Job 9:12-13
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12 He snatches away; who can stop him?
Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’(A)
13 “God will not turn back his anger;
the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath him.(B)
1 Samuel 3:18
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18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. Then he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”(A)
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Philippians 2:10-11
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10 so that at the name given to Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(A)
11 and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.(B)
Acts 9:5
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5 He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
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