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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Romans 8:28
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28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[a] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
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- 8:28 Some manuscripts read And we know that everything works together.
Psalm 119:71
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71 My suffering was good for me,
for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.
Genesis 45:5-8
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5 But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives. 6 This famine that has ravaged the land for two years will last five more years, and there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.[a] 8 So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser[b] to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.
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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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Genesis 37:18-20
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Joseph Sold into Slavery
18 When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him. 19 “Here comes the dreamer!” they said. 20 “Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.’ Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”
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Genesis 37:4
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4 But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.
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Acts 3:26
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26 When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.”
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Acts 3:13-15
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13 For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release him. 14 You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer. 15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!
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Psalm 105:16-17
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16 He called for a famine on the land of Canaan,
cutting off its food supply.
17 Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
Psalm 56:5
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5 They are always twisting what I say;
they spend their days plotting to harm me.
Isaiah 10:7
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7 But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool;
his mind does not work that way.
His plan is simply to destroy,
to cut down nation after nation.
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.
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