Job 42:2

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“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted;

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  • Matt 19:26 : 26 Jesus looked at them and replied,“This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible.”
  • Gen 18:14 : 14 Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”
  • Mark 10:27 : 27 Jesus looked at them and replied,“This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God.”
  • John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people. 25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, since we were predestined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’
  • Ps 44:21 : 21 would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.
  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 God’s Sovereignty I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
  • Jer 32:17 : 17 ‘Oh, Sovereign LORD, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!
  • Ezek 38:10 : 10 “‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
  • Ps 139:2 : 2 You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
  • Job 23:13 : 13 But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.
  • Mark 14:36 : 36 He said,“Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
  • Luke 18:27 : 27 He replied,“What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God.”
  • Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.
  • John 21:17 : 17 Jesus said a third time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time,“Do you love me?” and said,“Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus replied,“Feed my sheep.

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