Isaiah 46:10
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10 declaring the outcome from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, “My purpose shall stand,
and I will fulfill my intention,”(A)
Proverbs 19:21
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21 The human mind may devise many plans,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.(A)
Psalm 33:11
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11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the thoughts of his heart to all generations.(A)
Ephesians 1:9-11
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9 he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,(A) 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.(B) 11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance,[a] having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,(C)
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- 1.11 Or been made a heritage
Isaiah 43:13
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13 Indeed, since that day I am he;
there is no one who can deliver from my hand;
I work, and who can hinder it?(A)
Isaiah 45:21
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21 Declare and present your case;
take counsel together![a]
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
There is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is no one besides me.(A)
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- 45.21 Syr Vg: Heb let them take counsel
Proverbs 21:30
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30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.(A)
Psalm 135:6
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6 Whatever the Lord pleases he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.(A)
Isaiah 44:7
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7 Who is like me? Let them proclaim it;
let them declare and set it forth before me.
Who has announced from of old the things to come?[a]
Let them tell us[b] what is yet to be.(A)
Acts 5:39
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39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them—in that case you may even be found fighting against God!”
They were convinced by him,(A)
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Isaiah 46:11
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11 calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man for my purpose from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have planned, and I will do it.(A)
Hebrews 6:17
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17 In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath,(A)
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Acts 4:27-28
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27 “For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant[a] Jesus, whom you anointed,(A) 28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
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- 4.27 Or child
Daniel 4:35
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35 All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and he does what he wills with the host of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can stay his hand
or say to him, “What have you done?”(A)
Romans 11:33-34
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33 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!(A)
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”(B)
Genesis 49:10
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10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him,[a]
and the obedience of the peoples is his.(A)
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- 49.10 Or until Shiloh comes or until he comes to Shiloh or (with Syr) until he comes to whom it belongs
Numbers 24:17-24
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17 I see him but not now;
I behold him but not near—
a star shall come out of Jacob,
and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the foreheads[a] of Moab
and the heads[b] of all the Shethites.(A)
18 Edom will become a possession,
Seir a possession of its enemies,
while Israel does valiantly.(B)
19 One out of Jacob shall rule
and destroy the survivors of Ir.”(C)
20 Then he looked on Amalek and uttered his oracle, saying,
“First among the nations was Amalek,
but its end is to perish forever.”(D)
21 Then he looked on the Kenite and uttered his oracle, saying,
“Enduring is your dwelling place,
and your nest is set in the rock,
22 yet Kain is destined for burning.
How long shall Asshur take you away captive?”
23 Again he uttered his oracle, saying,
“Alas, who shall live when God does this?[c]
24 But ships shall come from Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and Eber,
and he also shall perish forever.”(E)
Genesis 12:2-3
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2 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.(A) 3 I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a](B)
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- 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 tell us
what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they were,
so that we may consider them
and that we may know their outcome
or declare to us the things to come.(A)
23 Tell us what is to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods;
do good, or do harm,
that we may be afraid and terrified.(B)
Deuteronomy 4:24-31
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24 For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.(A)
25 “When you have had children and children’s children and become complacent in the land, if you act corruptly by making an idol in the form of anything, thus doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God and provoking him to anger,(B) 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to occupy; you will not live long on it but will be utterly destroyed.(C) 27 The Lord will scatter you among the peoples; only a few of you will be left among the nations where the Lord will lead you.(D) 28 There you will serve gods made by human hands, objects of wood and stone that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.(E) 29 From there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.(F) 30 In your distress, when all these things have happened to you in time to come, you will return to the Lord your God and heed him. 31 Because the Lord your God is a merciful God, he will neither abandon you nor destroy you; he will not forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them.(G)
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