Proverbs 19:21
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21 The human mind may devise many plans,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.(A)
Proverbs 16:9
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9 The human mind plans the way,
but the Lord directs the steps.(A)
Isaiah 14:24
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24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
As I have designed,
so shall it be,
and as I have planned,
so shall it come to pass:(A)
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.
Psalm 33:10-11
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10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.(A)
11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the thoughts of his heart to all generations.(B)
Isaiah 46:10
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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,”(A)
Proverbs 21:30
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30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.(A)
Job 23:13
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13 But he stands alone, and who can dissuade him?
What he desires, that he does.(A)
Ephesians 1:11
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11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance,[a] having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,(A)
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- 1.11 Or been made a heritage
Isaiah 14:26-27
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26 This is the plan that is planned
concerning the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.(A)
27 For the Lord of hosts has planned,
and who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?(B)
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.
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, because if this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail;(A) 39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them—in that case you may even be found fighting against God!”
They were convinced by him,(B)
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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)
Ecclesiastes 7:29
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29 See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes.(A)
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Acts 4:27-28
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27 “For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant[a] Jesus, whom you anointed,(A) 28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
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- 4.27 Or child
Psalm 21:11
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11 If they plan evil against you,
if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.(A)
1 Peter 2:8
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8 and
“A stone that makes them stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.(A)
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Genesis 50:20
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20 Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.(A)
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Genesis 45:4-8
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4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me.” And they came closer. He said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.(A) 5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.(B) 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 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 ruler over all the land of Egypt.(C)
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Matthew 27:63-64
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63 and said, “Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’(A) 64 Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, his disciples may go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception would be worse than the first.”
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Proverbs 12:2
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2 The good obtain favor from the Lord,
but those who devise evil he condemns.(A)
Jude 4
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4 For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into debauchery and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.[a](A)
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- 4 Or the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ
Hebrews 6:17-18
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17 In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath,(A) 18 so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.(B)
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Matthew 26:4-5
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4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(A) 5 But they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.”(B)
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Daniel 11:24-25
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24 Suddenly he shall come into the richest parts[a] of the province and do what none of his predecessors had ever done, lavishing plunder, spoil, and wealth on them. He shall devise plans against strongholds but only for a time.(A) 25 He shall stir up his power and determination against the king of the south with a great army, and the king of the south shall wage war with a much greater and stronger army. But he shall not succeed, for plots shall be devised against him.
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- 11.24 Or among the richest men
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