Genesis 32:28
32:28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,
“but Israel,
because you have fought
with God and with men and have prevailed.”
Genesis 43:14
43:14 May the sovereign God
grant you mercy before the man so that he may release
your other brother
and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”
Nehemiah 1:11
1:11 Please,
O Lord, listen attentively
to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect
to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me
in the presence of this man.”
Now I was cupbearer for the king.
Psalms 76:10
76:10 Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise;
you reveal your anger in full measure.
Proverbs 21:1
21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water;
he turns it wherever he wants.
Proverbs 21:30
21:30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding,
and there is no counsel against the Lord.
Isaiah 27:8
27:8 When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her;
he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.
Acts 4:26-28
4:26 The kings of the earth stood together,
and the rulers assembled together,
against the Lord and against his Christ.’
4:27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
4:28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
Romans 8:31
8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?