Proverbs 16:4
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4 The Lord has made everything for its purpose,
even the wicked for the day of trouble.(A)
2 Peter 2:9
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9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial and to keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment, when they will be punished(A)
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Romans 9:22
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22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction,(A)
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Isaiah 43:21
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21 the people whom I formed for myself
so that they might declare my praise.(A)
Isaiah 43:7
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7 everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”(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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2 Peter 2:3
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3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(A)
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Romans 11:36
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36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.(A)
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Job 21:30
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30 that the wicked are spared in the day of calamity
and are rescued in the day of wrath?(A)
Revelation 4:11
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11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they existed and were created.”(A)
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