Isaiah 46:10
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10 (A)declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
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.
Psalm 33:11
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11 (A)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
Ephesians 1:9-11
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9 (A)making known[a] to us the mystery of his will, (B)according to his purpose, which he (C)set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for (D)the fullness of time, (E)to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
11 In him we have obtained (F)an inheritance, (G)having been predestined (H)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to (I)the counsel of his will,
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- Ephesians 1:9 Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known…
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?”
Isaiah 45:21
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21 (A)Declare and present your case;
let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God (B)and a Savior;
there is none besides me.
Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.
Psalm 135:6
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6 (A)Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.
Acts 5:39
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39 but (A)if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You (B)might even be found opposing God!” So they took his advice,
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Isaiah 44:7
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7 (A)Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.[a]
Let him declare and set it before me,
since I appointed an ancient people.
Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:7 Or Who like me can proclaim it?
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.
Hebrews 6:17
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17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to (A)the heirs of the promise (B)the unchangeable character of his purpose, (C)he guaranteed it with an oath,
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Acts 4:27-28
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27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (A)holy servant Jesus, (B)whom you anointed, both (C)Herod and (D)Pontius Pilate, along (E)with the Gentiles and (F)the peoples of Israel, 28 (G)to do whatever your hand and (H)your plan had predestined to take place.
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Daniel 4:35
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35 (A)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and (B)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
(C)and none can stay his hand
or (D)say to him, “What have you done?”
Romans 11:33-34
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33 Oh, the depth of the riches and (A)wisdom and knowledge of God! (B)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
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Genesis 49:10
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10 The (A)scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff (B)from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[a]
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh
Genesis 12:2-3
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2 (A)And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 (B)I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and (C)in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a]
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- Genesis 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
Isaiah 41:22-23
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22 Let them bring them, and (A)tell us
what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they are,
that we may consider them,
that we may know their outcome;
or declare to us the things to come.
23 (B)Tell us what is to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods;
(C)do good, or do harm,
that we may be dismayed and terrified.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:23 Or that we may both be dismayed and see
Deuteronomy 4:24-31
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24 For (A)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, (B)a jealous God.
25 “When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, (C)if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and (D)by doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to anger, 26 I (E)call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the Lord (F)will scatter you among the peoples, (G)and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. 28 And (H)there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, (I)that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 (J)But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you (K)in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord your God is (L)a merciful God. (M)He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
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Acts 15:18
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18 (A)known from of old.’
Numbers 24:17-24
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17 (A)I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near:
(B)a star shall come out of Jacob,
and (C)a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall (D)crush the forehead[a] of Moab
and break down all the sons of Sheth.
18 (E)Edom shall be dispossessed;
(F)Seir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed.
Israel is doing valiantly.
19 And one from Jacob shall exercise dominion
and destroy the survivors of cities!”
20 Then he looked on Amalek and (G)took up his discourse and said,
“Amalek was the first among the nations,
(H)but its end is utter destruction.”
21 And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said,
“Enduring is your dwelling place,
and your nest is set in the rock.
22 Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned
when Asshur takes you away captive.”
23 And he took up his discourse and said,
“Alas, who shall live when God does this?
24 But ships shall come from (I)Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and (J)Eber;
and he too (K)shall come to utter destruction.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:17 Hebrew corners [of the head]
Genesis 3:15
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15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a] and (A)her offspring;
(B)he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis
Deuteronomy 28:15-68
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Curses for Disobedience
15 “But (A)if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and (B)overtake you. 16 Cursed shall you be (C)in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. 19 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
20 “The Lord (D)will send on you curses, confusion, and (E)frustration in all that you undertake to do, (F)until you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me. 21 The Lord will make (G)the pestilence stick to you until he has consumed you off the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 22 (H)The Lord will strike you with wasting disease and with fever, inflammation and fiery heat, and with drought[a] and with (I)blight and with mildew. They shall pursue you until you perish. 23 And (J)the heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you shall be iron. 24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
25 (K)“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you (L)shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And (M)your dead body shall be food for all birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth, and (N)there shall be no one to frighten them away. 27 The Lord will strike you (O)with the boils of Egypt, and with tumors and (P)scabs and itch, of which you cannot be healed. 28 The Lord will strike you with (Q)madness and blindness and confusion of mind, 29 and you shall (R)grope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways.[b] And you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to help you. 30 (S)You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. (T)You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. (U)You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat any of it. Your donkey shall be seized before your face, but shall not be restored to you. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies, but there shall be no one to help you. 32 (V)Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, (W)but you shall be helpless. 33 A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually, 34 so that you are driven mad (X)by the sights that your eyes see. 35 The Lord will strike you on the knees and on the legs (Y)with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
36 “The Lord will (Z)bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you (AA)nor your fathers have known. And (AB)there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone. 37 And you shall become (AC)a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away. 38 (AD)You shall carry much seed into the field and shall gather in little, for (AE)the locust shall consume it. 39 (AF)You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them. 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you (AG)shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off. 41 You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for (AH)they shall go into captivity. 42 (AI)The cricket[c] shall possess all your trees and the fruit of your ground. 43 (AJ)The sojourner who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. 44 (AK)He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him. (AL)He shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
45 (AM)“All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you. 46 They shall be (AN)a sign and a wonder against you and your offspring forever. 47 (AO)Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things, 48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and lacking everything. And he (AP)will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you. 49 (AQ)The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, (AR)swooping down like the eagle, a nation (AS)whose language you do not understand, 50 a hard-faced nation (AT)who shall not respect the old or show mercy to the young. 51 It shall (AU)eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
52 “They shall (AV)besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the Lord your God has given you. 53 And (AW)you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you, (AX)in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you. 54 The man who is the most tender and refined among you will (AY)begrudge food to his brother, to (AZ)the wife he embraces,[d] and to the last of the children whom he has left, 55 so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, (BA)in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns. 56 (BB)The most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces,[e] to her son and to her daughter, 57 her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, (BC)in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.
58 “If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, (BD)the Lord your God, 59 then the Lord will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting. 60 And he will bring upon you again all (BE)the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. 61 Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this law, the Lord will bring upon you, until you are destroyed. 62 Whereas (BF)you were as numerous (BG)as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God. 63 And as the Lord (BH)took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the Lord will (BI)take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
64 “And the Lord (BJ)will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and (BK)there you shall serve other gods (BL)of wood and stone, (BM)which neither you nor your fathers have known. 65 And (BN)among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but (BO)the Lord will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and (BP)a languishing soul. 66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you. Night and day you shall be in dread and have no assurance of your life. 67 (BQ)In the morning you shall say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and at evening you shall say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the dread that your heart shall feel, and (BR)the sights that your eyes shall see. 68 And the Lord (BS)will bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that (BT)you should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.”
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- Deuteronomy 28:22 Or sword
- Deuteronomy 28:29 Or shall not succeed in finding your ways
- Deuteronomy 28:42 Identity uncertain
- Deuteronomy 28:54 Hebrew the wife of his bosom
- Deuteronomy 28:56 Hebrew the husband of her bosom
Genesis 49:22-26
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22 “Joseph is (A)a fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall.[a]
23 The archers (B)bitterly attacked him,
shot at him, and harassed him severely,
24 yet (C)his bow remained unmoved;
his arms[b] were made agile
by the hands of the (D)Mighty One of Jacob
(from there is (E)the Shepherd,[c] (F)the Stone of Israel),
25 (G)by the God of your father who will help you,
by (H)the Almighty[d] (I)who will bless you
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties (J)of the everlasting hills.[e]
May they be (K)on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:22 Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall
- Genesis 49:24 Hebrew the arms of his hands
- Genesis 49:24 Or by the name of the Shepherd
- Genesis 49:25 Hebrew Shaddai
- Genesis 49:26 A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills
Acts 3:23
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23 And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet (A)shall be destroyed from the people.’
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