tSee Rom. 16:25
Psalms 115:3
3 aOur God is in the heavens;bhe does all that he pleases.
Psalms 135:6
6 cWhatever the Lord pleases, he does,in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.
Proverbs 19:21
21 dMany are the plans in the mind of a man,but eit is the purpose of the Lord fthat will stand.
Isaiah 14:24-27
An Oracle Concerning Assyria
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:g“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,
25that hI will break the Assyrian in my land,
and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and ihis yoke shall depart from them,
and jhis burden from their shoulder.”
26 This is the purpose that is purposed
concerning the whole earth,
and this is kthe hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
27 lFor the Lord of hosts has purposed,
and who will annul it?
mHis hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
Isaiah 46:10
10 ndeclaring the end from the beginningand from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, o‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
Daniel 4:35
35 pall the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,and qhe does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
rand none can stay his hand
or ssay to him, “What have you done?”
Ephesians 1:9-11
9 tmaking known ▼▼Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known . . .
to us the mystery of his will, vaccording to his purpose, which he wset forth in Christ 10as a plan for xthe fullness of time, yto unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 11In him we have obtained zan inheritance, aahaving been predestined abaccording to the purpose of him who works all things according to acthe counsel of his will,
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