Genesis 50:20
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20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but (A)God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people[a] should be kept alive, as they are today.
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- Genesis 50:20 Or a numerous people
Job 12:10
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10 In (A)his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.
Psalm 104:19-29
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19 He made the moon to mark the (A)seasons;[a]
the sun knows its time for setting.
20 (B)You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 (C)The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they steal away
and lie down in their (D)dens.
23 (E)Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until the evening.
24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In (F)wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Here is the sea, great and wide,
(G)which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships,
and (H)Leviathan, which you formed to (I)play in it.[b]
27 These (J)all look to you,
to (K)give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you (L)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you (M)hide your face, they are (N)dismayed;
when you (O)take away their breath, they die
and (P)return to their dust.
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- Psalm 104:19 Or the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)
- Psalm 104:26 Or you formed to play with
Matthew 10:29
English Standard Version
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?[a] And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
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- Matthew 10:29 Greek assarion, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)
Acts 17:26
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26 And (A)he made from one man every nation of mankind to live (B)on all the face of the earth, (C)having determined allotted periods and (D)the boundaries of their dwelling place,
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