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.
Proverbs 16:9
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Isaiah 14:24
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24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
(A)“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,
Proverbs 16:1
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16 The plans of the heart belong to man,
but (A)the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Psalm 33:10-11
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10 The Lord (A)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 (B)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 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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Isaiah 14:26-27
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26 This is the purpose that is purposed
concerning the whole earth,
and this is (A)the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
27 (B)For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
and who will annul it?
(C)His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
Job 23:13
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- Job 23:13 Or one
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, for (A)if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; 39 but (B)if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You (C)might even be found opposing God!” So they took his advice,
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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 (A)turns it wherever he will.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
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29 See, this alone I found, that (A)God made man upright, but (B)they have sought out many schemes.
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Psalm 21:11
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11 Though they plan evil against you,
though they (A)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
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?”
Acts 4:27-28
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27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (A)holy servant Jesus, (B)whom you anointed, both (C)Herod and (D)Pontius Pilate, along (E)with the Gentiles and (F)the peoples of Israel, 28 (G)to do whatever your hand and (H)your plan had predestined to take place.
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1 Peter 2:8
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8 and
(A)“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, (B)as they were destined to do.
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Genesis 50:20
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20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but (A)God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people[a] should be kept alive, as they are today.
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- Genesis 50:20 Or a numerous people
Matthew 27:63-64
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63 and said, “Sir, we remember how (A)that impostor said, while he was still alive, (B)‘After three days I will rise.’ 64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, (C)lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”
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Proverbs 12:2
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2 A good man (A)obtains favor from the Lord,
but a man of evil devices he condemns.
Genesis 45:4-8
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4 So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, (A)whom you sold into Egypt. 5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, (B)for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are (C)yet five years in which there will be neither (D)plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and (E)ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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Hebrews 6:17-18
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17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to (A)the heirs of the promise (B)the unchangeable character of his purpose, (C)he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which (D)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope (E)set before us.
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Matthew 26:4-5
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4 (A)and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, “Not during the feast, (B)lest there be an uproar among the people.”
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Daniel 11:24-25
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24 (A)Without warning he shall come into (B)the richest parts[a] of the province, and he shall do what neither his fathers nor his fathers' fathers have done, scattering among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time. 25 And he shall stir up his power and his heart against (C)the king of the south with a great army. And the king of the south shall wage war with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he shall not stand, for plots shall be devised against him.
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- Daniel 11:24 Or among the richest men
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