Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who is he (A)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
Psalm 33:9-11
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9 For (A)He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
10 (B)The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
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 that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
Proverbs 16:9
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Proverbs 19:21
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21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
(A)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
Daniel 4:35
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35 (A)All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
(B)He does according to His will in the army of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth.
(C)No one can restrain His hand
Or say to Him, (D)“What have You done?”
Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.
Ephesians 1:11
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11 (A)In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to (B)the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
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Romans 9:15
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15 For He says to Moses, (A)“I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
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James 4:13-15
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Do Not Boast About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow [a]we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, (B)“If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”
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