Ezra 1:1
“In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm.”
Ezra 6:22
“For seven days they celebrated with joy the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because the LORD had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria, so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.”
Job 2:10
“‘Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?’ In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.”
Psalm 33:10-11
“The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.”
Psalm 115:3
“Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.”
Psalm 135:5-7
“I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods. The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.”
Proverbs 16:1, 4, 9, 11
“To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue.”
“The LORD works out everything for his own ends– even the wicked for a day of disaster.”
“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.”
“Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are of his making.”
Proverbs 19:21
“Many are the plans in a persons heart, but it is the Lord s purpose that prevails.”
(see also, Ps 33:11; 20:24; Isa 8:10; 14:24, 27; 31:2; 40:8; 48:14; 55:11; Jer 44:29)
Proverbs 21:1
“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.”
Lamentations 3:37-38
“Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?”
Isaiah 46:9-10
“Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.”
Daniel 4:34-35
“At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”
Acts 2:23
“This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.”
Acts 4:27-28
“Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.”
Acts 16:14
“One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.”
Ephesians 1:4, 11
“For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.”
“In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.”
2 Timothy 2:25
“Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth”
Revelation 17:17
“For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God’s words are fulfilled.”