Isaiah 40:13

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Who can fathom the Spirit of the Lord, or instruct the Lord as his counselor?

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  • 1 Cor 2:16 : 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
  • Rom 11:34 : 34 Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?
  • Job 21:22 : 22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, who judges even the exalted ones?
  • Job 36:22-23 : 22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him? 23 Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?
  • Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  • John 1:13 : 13 They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him we have also obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

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