Job 9:12

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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.

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

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

But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.

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

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

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

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

Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

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.

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

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.

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

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

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.

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

Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

“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.

David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”

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.

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

“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

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

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

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

Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?

When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

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.

Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

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.

How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:

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

I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

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

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

You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding?”

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?”

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

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

I am weak today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”

Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

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,

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.

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

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

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.

“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against Yahweh.

“Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, ‘Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him.

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?”

Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”

The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, ‘Curse David;’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”

If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

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,