Luke 10:21
10:21 On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.
Isaiah 55:8
55:8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans,
and my deeds are not like your deeds,
Matthew 20:15
20:15 Am I not
permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Mark 7:26-29
7:26 The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She
asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
7:27 He said to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.”
7:28 She answered, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
7:29 Then
he said to her, “Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”
Romans 9:15
9:15 For he says to Moses: “
I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Romans 9:20
9:20 But who indeed are you – a mere human being
– to talk back to God?
Does what is molded say to the molder, “
Why have you made me like this?”
Ephesians 1:9
1:9 He did this when he revealed
to us the secret
of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth
in Christ,
Ephesians 1:11
1:11 In Christ
we too have been claimed as God’s own possession,
since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will