Gen 50:20, 1Ki 22:21-23, 2Ki 18:25, Lam 3:38-39, Joh 18:11 | ESV | STEP | As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good , to bring it about that many people should be kept alive , as they are today .

Genesis 50:20

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

1 Kings 22:21-23

21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be ^ca lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 23 Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”

2 Kings 18:25

25 Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, "Go up against this land, and destroy it."’”

Lamentations 3:38-39

38 ^dIs it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
39 ^eWhy should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?

John 18:11

11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; ^fshall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”