Gen 45:5-8, Psa 76:10, 105:16-17, 119:71, Isa 10:7, Act 2:23, 3:13-15, 26 | ESV | STEP | And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here , for God sent me before you to preserve life .

Genesis 45:5-8

5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, ^afor God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are ^byet five years in which there will be neither ^cplowing 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 ^druler over all the land of Egypt.

Psalms 76:10

10 Surely ^ethe wrath of man shall praise you;
the remnant ^{▼▼Or extremity} of wrath you will put on like a belt.

Psalms 105:16-17

16 When he ^gsummoned a famine on the land
and ^hbroke all supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread,
17 he had ^jsent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was ^ksold as a slave.

Psalms 119:71

71 It is ^lgood for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.

Isaiah 10:7

7 But he ^mdoes not so intend,
and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not a few;

Acts 2:23

23 this Jesus, ^{▼▼Greek this one} ^odelivered up according to ^pthe definite plan and ^qforeknowledge of God, ^ryou crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

Acts 3:13-15

13 ^sThe God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, ^tthe God of our fathers, ^uglorified his servant ^{▼▼Or child; also verse 26} Jesus, whom ^wyou delivered over and ^xdenied in the presence of Pilate, ^ywhen he had decided to release him. 14 But you denied ^zthe Holy and ^aaRighteous One, and ^abasked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and you killed ^acthe Author of life, ^adwhom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

Acts 3:26

26 ^aeGod, ^afhaving raised up his servant, sent him to you first, ^agto bless you ^ahby turning every one of you from your wickedness.”