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Genesis 50:20
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Genesis 50:20
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20 You intended to harm me,(A) but God intended(B) it for good(C) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.(D)
Genesis 50:20
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Genesis 50:20
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20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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Romans 8:28
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Romans 8:28
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28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(A) of those who love him, who[a] have been called(B) according to his purpose.(C)
Footnotes
- Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who
Romans 8:28
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Romans 8:28
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28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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Psalm 119:71
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Psalm 119:71
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71 It was good for me to be afflicted(A)
so that I might learn your decrees.
Psalm 119:71
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Psalm 119:71
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71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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Genesis 45:5-8
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Genesis 45:5-8
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5 And now, do not be distressed(A) and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,(B) because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.(C) 6 For two years now there has been famine(D) in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. 7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant(E) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.[a](F)
8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.(G) He made me father(H) to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.(I)
Footnotes
- Genesis 45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors
Genesis 45:5-8
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Genesis 45:5-8
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5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
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Acts 2:23
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Acts 2:23
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23 This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge;(A) and you, with the help of wicked men,[a] put him to death by nailing him to the cross.(B)
Footnotes
- Acts 2:23 Or of those not having the law (that is, Gentiles)
Acts 2:23
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Acts 2:23
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23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
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Genesis 37:18-20
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Genesis 37:18-20
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18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.(A)
19 “Here comes that dreamer!(B)” they said to each other. 20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns(C) and say that a ferocious animal(D) devoured him.(E) Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”(F)
Genesis 37:18-20
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Genesis 37:18-20
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18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
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Acts 3:26
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Acts 3:26
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26 When God raised up(A) his servant, he sent him first(B) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
Acts 3:26
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Acts 3:26
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26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
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Psalm 105:16-17
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Psalm 105:16-17
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Psalm 105:16-17
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Psalm 105:16-17
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16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
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Acts 3:13-15
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Acts 3:13-15
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13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,(A) the God of our fathers,(B) has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over(C) to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate,(D) though he had decided to let him go.(E) 14 You disowned the Holy(F) and Righteous One(G) and asked that a murderer be released to you.(H) 15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.(I) We are witnesses(J) of this.
Acts 3:13-15
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Acts 3:13-15
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13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
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Psalm 56:5
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Psalm 56:5
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5 All day long they twist my words;(A)
all their schemes are for my ruin.
Psalm 56:5
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Psalm 56:5
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5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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Genesis 37:4
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Genesis 37:4
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4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him(A) and could not speak a kind word to him.
Genesis 37:4
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Genesis 37:4
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4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
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Isaiah 10:7
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Isaiah 10:7
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7 But this is not what he intends,(A)
this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
to put an end to many nations.
Isaiah 10:7
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Isaiah 10:7
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7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
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Psalm 76:10
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Psalm 76:10
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- Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself
Psalm 76:10
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Psalm 76:10
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10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
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