Proverbs 16:4

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⁴The Lord works out everything to its proper end^(A)—
even the wicked for a day of disaster.^(B)

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Jeremiah 1:5

New International Version

⁵“Before I formed you in the womb^(A) I knew^[a]^(B) you,
before you were born^(C) I set you apart;^(D)
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.^(E)”

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Jeremiah 1:5 Or chose

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Ephesians 1:4-5

New International Version

⁴For he chose us^(A) in him before the creation of the world^(B) to be holy and blameless^(C) in his sight. In love^(D) ⁵he^[a] predestined^(E) us for adoption to sonship^[b]^(F) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure^(G) and will—

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Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. ⁵He
Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

Revelation 13:8

New International Version

⁸All inhabitants of the earth^(A) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,^(B) the Lamb^(C) who was slain from the creation of the world.^[a]^(D)