Isaiah 8:10
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10 Take counsel together, but it shall be brought to naught;
speak a word, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.”(A)
Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who can command and have it done,
if the Lord has not ordained it?(A)
Romans 8:31
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God’s Love in Christ Jesus
31 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?(A)
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Job 5:12
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12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(A)
Proverbs 21:30
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30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 7:5-7
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5 Because Aram—with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah—has plotted evil against you, saying, 6 ‘Let us go up against Judah and terrify it[a] and conquer it for ourselves and make the son of Tabeel king in it’; 7 therefore thus says the Lord God:
It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.(A)
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- 7.6 Or cut it off
Psalm 46:11
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11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.[a] Selah
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- 46.11 Or fortress
2 Samuel 15:31
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31 David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”(A)
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Psalm 33:10-11
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10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.(A)
11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the thoughts of his heart to all generations.(B)
Isaiah 41:10
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10 do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.(A)
Psalm 46:7
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- 46.7 Or fortress
2 Chronicles 13:12
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12 See, God is with us at our head, and his priests have their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O Israelites, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you cannot succeed.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 20:1
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Rules of Warfare
20 “When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots, an army larger than your own, do not fear them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.(A)
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2 Samuel 17:23
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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.(A)
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Joshua 1:5
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5 No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.(A)
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Psalm 46:1
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Psalm 46
God’s Defense of His City and People
To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song.
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- 46.1 Or well proved
Romans 8:13
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13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.(A)
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Psalm 83:3-18
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3 They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against those you protect.(A)
4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”(B)
5 They conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—(C)
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,(D)
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
9 Do to them as you did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the Wadi Kishon,(E)
10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(F)
12 who said, “Let us take the pastures of God
for our own possession.”(G)
13 O my God, make them like whirling dust,[a]
like chaff before the wind.(H)
14 As fire consumes the forest,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,(I)
15 so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane.(J)
16 Fill their faces with shame,
so that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace.(K)
18 Let them know that you alone,
whose name is the Lord,
are the Most High over all the earth.(L)
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- 83.13 Or a tumbleweed
1 John 4:4
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4 Little children, you are from God and have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
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Isaiah 7:14
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14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son and shall name him Immanuel.[a](A)
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- 7.14 That is, God is with us
Matthew 28:20
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20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”[a]
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- 28.20 Other ancient authorities add Amen
Acts 5:38-39
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38 So in the present case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail;(A) 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,(B)
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Matthew 1:23
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23 “Look, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means, “God is with us.”(A)
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2 Chronicles 33:7-8
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7 The carved image of the idol that he had made he set in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever;(A) 8 I will never again remove the feet of Israel from the land that I appointed for your ancestors, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the ordinances given through Moses.”(B)
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Nahum 1:9-12
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9 Why do you plot against the Lord?
He will make an end;
no adversary will rise up twice.(A)
10 Like thorns they are entangled;
like drunkards they are drunk;
they are consumed like dry straw.(B)
11 From you one has gone out
who plots evil against the Lord,
one who counsels wickedness.(C)
Good News for Judah
12 Thus says the Lord:
Though they are at full strength and many,[a]
they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more.(D)
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- 1.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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