Genesis 45:4-8

4So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, awhom you sold into Egypt. 5And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, bfor God sent me before you to preserve life. 6For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are cyet five years in which there will be neither dplowing nor harvest. 7And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8So 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 eruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 50:20

20As for you, you meant evil against me, but fGod meant it for good, to bring it about that many people
Or a numerous people
should be kept alive, as they are today.

Job 23:13

13But he is unchangeable,
Or one
and iwho can turn him back?
What he jdesires, that he does.

Proverbs 16:1

1The plans of the heart belong to man,
but kthe answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

9 lThe heart of man plans his way,
but mthe Lord establishes his steps.

Proverbs 21:1

1The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he nturns it wherever he will.

Proverbs 21:30

30 oNo wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.

Isaiah 14:24

An Oracle Concerning Assyria

24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
pAs I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,

Isaiah 14:26-27

26 This is the purpose that is purposed
concerning the whole earth,
and this is qthe hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
27 rFor the Lord of hosts has purposed,
and who will annul it?
sHis hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
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