Verse 20

And as for you, ye meant{H2803} evil{H7451} against me; but God{H430} meant it{H2803} for good,{H2896} to{H4616} bring to pass,{H6213} as it is this day,{H3117} to save{H2421} much{H7227} people{H5971} alive.{H2421}

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And{G1161} we know{G1492} that{G3754} to them that love{G25} God{G2316} all things{G3956} work together{G4903} for{G1519} good,{G18} [even] to them that are{G5607} called{G2822} according to{G2596} [his] purpose.{G4286}
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 It is good{H2896} for me that I have been afflicted;{H6031} That I may learn{H3925} thy statutes.{H2706}
  • Gen 45:5-8 : 5 And now be not grieved,{H6087} nor angry{H2734} with yourselves,{H5869} that ye sold{H4376} me hither: for God{H430} did send{H7971} me before you{H6440} to preserve life.{H4241} 6 For these two years{H8141} hath the famine{H7458} been in{H7130} the land:{H776} and there are yet five{H2568} years,{H8141} in which there shall be neither{H369} plowing{H2758} nor harvest.{H7105} 7 And God{H430} sent{H7971} me before you{H6440} to preserve{H7760} you a remnant{H7611} in the earth,{H776} and to save you alive{H2421} by a great{H1419} deliverance.{H6413} 8 So now it was not you that sent{H7971} me hither, but God:{H430} and he hath made{H7760} me a father{H1} to Pharaoh,{H6547} and lord{H113} of all his house,{H1004} and ruler{H4910} over all the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 Unto you{G5213} first{G4412} God,{G2316} having raised up{G450} his{G846} Servant,{G3816} {G2424} sent{G649} him{G846} to bless{G2127} you,{G5209} in{G1722} turning away{G654} every one of you{G1538} from{G575} your{G5216} iniquities.{G4189}
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 And his brethren{H251} saw{H7200} that their father{H1} loved{H157} him more than all his brethren;{H251} and they hated{H8130} him, and could{H3201} not speak{H1696} peaceably{H7965} unto him.
  • Acts 3:13-15 : 13 The God{G2316} of Abraham,{G11} and{G2532} of Isaac,{G2464} and{G2532} of Jacob,{G2384} the God{G2316} of our{G2257} fathers,{G3962} hath glorified{G1392} his{G846} Servant{G3816} Jesus;{G2424} whom{G3739} ye{G5210} delivered up,{G3860} and{G2532} denied{G720} {G846} before{G2596} the face{G4383} of Pilate,{G4091} when{G2919} he{G1565} had determined{G2919} to release{G630} him. 14 But{G1161} ye{G5210} denied{G720} the Holy and{G2532} Righteous{G1342} One,{G40} and{G2532} asked{G154} for a{G435} murderer{G5406} to be granted{G5483} unto you,{G5213} 15 and{G1161} killed{G615} the Prince{G747} of life;{G2222} whom{G3739} God{G2316} raised{G1453} from{G1537} the dead;{G3498} whereof{G3739} we{G2249} are{G2070} witnesses.{G3144}
  • Gen 37:18-20 : 18 And they saw{H7200} him afar off,{H7350} and before he came near{H7126} unto them, they conspired{H5230} against him to slay{H4191} him. 19 And they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H251} Behold, this{H1976} dreamer{H1167} cometh.{H935} 20 Come{H3212} now therefore, and let us slay{H2026} him, and cast{H7993} him into one{H259} of the pits,{H953} and we will say,{H559} An evil{H7451} beast{H2416} hath devoured{H398} him: and we shall see{H7200} what will become of his dreams.{H2472}
  • Ps 56:5 : 5 All the day{H3117} long they wrest{H6087} my words:{H1697} All their thoughts{H4284} are against me for evil.{H7451}
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 him,{G5126} being delivered{G1560} up by the{G1012} determinate{G3724} counsel{G1012} and{G2532} foreknowledge{G4268} of God,{G2316} ye by{G1223} the hand{G5495} of lawless{G459} men did{G2983} crucify{G4362} and slay:{G337}
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 And he called{H7121} for a famine{H7458} upon the land;{H776} He brake{H7665} the whole staff{H4294} of bread.{H3899} 17 He sent{H7971} a man{H376} before{H6440} them; Joseph{H3130} was sold{H4376} for a servant:{H5650}
  • Isa 10:7 : 7 Howbeit he meaneth{H1819} not so, neither doth his heart{H3824} think{H2803} so; but it is in his heart{H3824} to destroy,{H8045} and to cut off{H3772} nations{H1471} not a few.{H4592}
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath{H2534} of man{H120} shall praise{H3034} thee: The residue{H7611} of wrath{H2534} shalt thou gird{H2296} upon thee.