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Proverbs 21:1
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Proverbs 21:1
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21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he turns it wherever he will.
Proverbs 21:1
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Proverbs 21:1
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21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
that he channels toward all who please him.(A)
Proverbs 16:9
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Proverbs 16:9
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9 The human mind plans the way,
but the Lord directs the steps.(A)
Proverbs 16:9
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Proverbs 16:9
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9 In their hearts humans plan their course,
but the Lord establishes their steps.(A)
Proverbs 20:24
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Proverbs 20:24
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24 All our steps are ordered by the Lord;
how then can we understand our own ways?(A)
Proverbs 20:24
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Proverbs 20:24
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Ezra 6:22
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Ezra 6:22
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22 With joy they celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread seven days, for the Lord had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.(A)
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Ezra 6:22
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Ezra 6:22
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22 For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(A) because the Lord had filled them with joy by changing the attitude(B) of the king of Assyria so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.
Acts 7:10
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Acts 7:10
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10 and rescued him from all his afflictions and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.(A)
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Acts 7:10
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Acts 7:10
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10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.(A)
Proverbs 16:1
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Proverbs 16:1
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16 The plans of the mind belong to mortals,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Proverbs 16:1
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Proverbs 16:1
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16 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.(A)
Daniel 4:35
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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)
Psalm 106:46
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Psalm 106:46
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46 He caused them to be pitied
by all who held them captive.(A)
Psalm 106:46
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Psalm 106:46
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46 He caused all who held them captive
to show them mercy.(A)
Ezra 7:27-28
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Ezra 7:27-28
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27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem(A) 28 and who extended to me steadfast love before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.(B)
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Ezra 7:27-28
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Ezra 7:27-28
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27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s heart(A) to bring honor(B) to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in this way 28 and who has extended his good favor(C) to me before the king and his advisers and all the king’s powerful officials. Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me,(D) I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.
Isaiah 43:19
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Isaiah 43:19
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19 I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.(A)
Isaiah 43:19
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Isaiah 43:19
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Psalm 105:25
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Psalm 105:25
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25 whose hearts he then turned to hate his people,
to deal craftily with his servants.(A)
Psalm 105:25
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Psalm 105:25
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Nehemiah 1:11
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Nehemiah 1:11
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11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man!”
At the time, I was cupbearer to the king.(A)
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Nehemiah 1:11
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Nehemiah 1:11
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11 Lord, let your ear be attentive(A) to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor(B) in the presence of this man.”
I was cupbearer(C) to the king.
Nehemiah 2:4
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Nehemiah 2:4
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4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.(A)
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Nehemiah 2:4
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Nehemiah 2:4
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4 The king said to me, “What is it you want?”
Then I prayed to the God of heaven,
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