Isaiah 14:27
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27 (A)For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
and who will annul it?
(B)His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
Isaiah 43:13
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13 Also (A)henceforth I am he;
there is none who can deliver from my hand;
I work, and who can turn it back?”
Job 23:13
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- Job 23:13 Or one
2 Chronicles 20:6
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6 and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not (A)God in heaven? You (B)rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. (C)In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
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Romans 8:28
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28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together (A)for good,[a] for (B)those who are called according to his purpose.
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- Romans 8:28 Some manuscripts God works all things together for good, or God works in all things for the good
Job 9:12
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12 Behold, he snatches away; (A)who can turn him back?
(B)Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
Jeremiah 4:28
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28 (A)“For this the earth shall mourn,
(B)and the heavens above be dark;
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
(C)I have not relented, nor will I turn back.”
Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.
Proverbs 19:21
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21 (A)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but (B)it is the purpose of the Lord (C)that will stand.
Daniel 4:31-35
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31 (A)While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, 32 (B)and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, (C)until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.” 33 Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. (D)He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails were like birds' claws.
Nebuchadnezzar Restored
34 (E)At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and (F)my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored (G)him who lives forever,
(H)for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and (I)his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
35 (J)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and (K)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
(L)and none can stay his hand
or (M)say to him, “What have you done?”
Isaiah 23:9
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9 The Lord of hosts has purposed it,
(A)to defile the pompous pride of all glory,[a]
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:9 The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike
Isaiah 46:11
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11 (A)calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
(B)I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.
Psalm 33:11
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11 (A)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
Job 40:8
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8 Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that (A)you may be in the right?
Romans 8:31
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31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be[a] against us?
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- Romans 8:31 Or who is
Isaiah 9:12
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12 (A)The Syrians on the east and (B)the Philistines on the west
devour Israel with open mouth.
(C)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
Jeremiah 51:59
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59 The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah (A)the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, (B)in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.
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