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.
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?
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 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.
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- 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
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.”
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- Numbers 24:17 Hebrew corners [of the head]
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]
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- 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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