Proverbs 16:4
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4 The Lord has prepared everything for His purpose—
even the wicked for the day of disaster.(A)
Isaiah 46:11
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11 I call a bird of prey[a] from the east,(A)
a man for My purpose from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.(B)
I have planned it; I will also do it.
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- Isaiah 46:11 = Cyrus
Jeremiah 23:20
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20 The Lord’s anger will not turn back
until He has completely fulfilled the purposes of His heart.
In time to come you will understand it clearly.(A)
Jeremiah 30:24
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24 The Lord’s burning anger will not turn back
until He has completely fulfilled the purposes of His heart.
In time to come you will understand it.(A)
Jeremiah 51:29
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29 The earth quakes(A) and trembles
because the Lord’s intentions against Babylon stand:
to make the land of Babylon an uninhabited desolation.
Zechariah 1:6
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6 But didn’t My words and My statutes that I commanded My servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? They repented and said: As the Lord of Hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so He has dealt with us.”(A)
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Ephesians 1:11
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11 We have also received an inheritance[a] in Him, predestined(A) according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will,
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- Ephesians 1:11 Or we also were chosen as an inheritance, or we were also made an inheritance
Revelation 17:17
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17 For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His plan by having one purpose(A) and to give their kingdom[a] to the beast until God’s words are accomplished.
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- Revelation 17:17 Or sovereignty
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