Genesis 50:20
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20 Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.(A)
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Romans 8:28
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28 We know that all things work together[a] for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.(A)
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- 8.28 Other ancient authorities read God makes all things work together or in all things God works
Psalm 119:71
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71 It is good for me that I was humbled,
so that I might learn your statutes.
Genesis 45:5-8
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5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.(A) 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8 So it was not you who sent me here but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.(B)
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Acts 2:23
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23 this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law.(A)
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Genesis 37:18-20
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18 They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them they conspired to kill him.(A) 19 They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. 20 Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild animal has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.”
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Acts 3:26
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26 When God raised up his servant,[a] he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”(A)
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- 3.26 Or child
Psalm 105:16-17
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16 When he summoned famine against the land
and cut off every supply of bread,[a](A)
17 he had sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.(B)
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- 105.16 Heb staff of bread
Acts 3:13-15
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13 The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob,[a] the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant[b] Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him.(A) 14 But you rejected the holy and righteous[c] one and asked to have a murderer given to you,(B) 15 and you killed the author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.(C)
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Genesis 37:4
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4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.(A)
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Psalm 56:5
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5 All day long they seek to injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.(A)
Isaiah 10:7
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7 But this is not what he intends,
nor does he have this in mind,
but it is in his heart to destroy
and to cut off nations not a few.(A)
Psalm 76:10
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10 Human wrath serves only to praise you,
when you bind the last bit of your[a] wrath around you.(A)
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- 76.10 Heb lacks your
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