Isaiah 14:24
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Assyria Destroyed
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying,
“Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall (A)stand:
Proverbs 19:21
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21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
(A)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
Isaiah 46:10-11
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10 (A)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
11 Calling a bird of prey (C)from the east,
The man (D)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed (E)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
Job 23:13
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13 “But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever (A)His soul desires, that He does.
Jeremiah 29:11
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11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Ephesians 1:9
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9 (A)having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure (B)which He purposed in Himself,
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Acts 4:28
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28 (A)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
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Matthew 11:25
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Jesus Gives True Rest(A)
25 (B)At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that (C)You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent (D)and have revealed them to babes.
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Amos 8:7
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Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who is he (A)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
Hebrews 6:16-18
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16 For men indeed swear by the greater, and (A)an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. 17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to (B)the heirs of promise (C)the [a]immutability of His counsel, [b]confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two [c]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to (D)lie, we [d]might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope (E)set before us.
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- Hebrews 6:17 unchangeableness of His purpose
- Hebrews 6:17 guaranteed
- Hebrews 6:18 unchangeable
- Hebrews 6:18 M omits might
Hebrews 4:3
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3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
(A)“So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ”
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
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Jeremiah 23:20
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20 The (A)anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart.
(B)In the latter days you will understand it perfectly.
Psalm 110:4
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4 The Lord has sworn
And (A)will not relent,
“You are a (B)priest forever
According to the order of (C)Melchizedek.”
Psalm 92:5
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Exodus 17:16
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16 for he said, “Because [a]the Lord has (A)sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
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- Exodus 17:16 Lit. a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.
Jeremiah 44:26
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26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, (A)I have sworn by My (B)great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that (C)My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “The Lord God lives.”
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Psalm 33:10
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10 (A)The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
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