Lamentations 3:37
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37 (A)Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
Psalm 33:9-11
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9 For (A)he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
10 The Lord (B)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 (C)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
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 16:9
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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.
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?”
Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.
Ephesians 1:11
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11 In him we have obtained (A)an inheritance, (B)having been predestined (C)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to (D)the counsel of his will,
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James 4:13-15
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Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, (A)“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For (B)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, (C)“If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
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Romans 9:15
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15 For he says to Moses, (A)“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
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