Job 10:13
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13 Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that this was your purpose.
Job 23:13
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13 But he stands alone, and who can dissuade him?
What he desires, that he does.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:39
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39 See now that I, even I, am he;
there is no god besides me.
I kill, and I make alive;
I wound, and I heal;
and no one can deliver from my hand.(A)
Ephesians 3:11
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11 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,
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Romans 11:33
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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)
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Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who can command and have it done,
if the Lord has not ordained it?(A)
Isaiah 46:9-11
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9 remember the former things of old,
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like me,(A)
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,”(B)
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.(C)
Isaiah 45:15
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15 Truly, you are a God who hides himself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.(A)
Isaiah 45:7
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7 I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe;
I the Lord do all these things.(A)
Ecclesiastes 8:6-7
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6 For every matter has its time and way, although the troubles of mortals lie heavy upon them.(A) 7 Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?(B)
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Job 23:9
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9 on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him;
I turn[a] to the right, but I cannot see him.
Footnotes
- 23.9 Syr Vg: Heb he turns
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