Genesis 45:5-8
45:5 Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here,
for God sent me
ahead of you to preserve life!
45:6 For these past two years there has been famine in
the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
45:7 God sent me
ahead of you to preserve you
on the earth and to save your lives
by a great deliverance.
45:8 So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser
to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Psalms 76:10
76:10 Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise;
you reveal your anger in full measure.
Psalms 105:16-17
105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply.
105:17 He sent a man ahead of them –
Joseph was sold as a servant.
Psalms 119:71
119:71 It was good for me to suffer,
so that I might learn your statutes.
Isaiah 10:7
10:7 But he does not agree with this,
his mind does not reason this way,
for his goal is to destroy,
and to eliminate many nations.
Acts 2:23
2:23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed
by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
Acts 3:13-15
3:13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
the God of our forefathers,
has glorified
his servant
Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected
in the presence of Pilate after he had decided
to release him.
3:14 But you rejected
the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.
3:15 You killed
the Originator
of life, whom God raised
from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!
Acts 3:26
3:26 God raised up
his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning
each one of you from your iniquities.”
Romans 8:28
8:28 And we know that all things work together
for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,