Ecclesiastes 7:13

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim Yahweh’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’

Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.

who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is God’s finger;” but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.

and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.

“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.

In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.

Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

because they turned away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,

Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

For Yahweh won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.

Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

Behold, I have only found this: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.”

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”

A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.

I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more; for I Yahweh have spoken it,’ says the Lord Yahweh.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”

Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,

“Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,