Thematic Bible: Is exercised in
Thematic Bible
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Providing for his creatures
and the young ravens, what they cry for.
He gives food to every creature.
His love is eternal.
His love is eternal.
to give them their food at the right time.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Overruling wicked designs for good
You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.
Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually resulted in the advance of the gospel,
And now don't be worried or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ordering the ways of men
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.
so how can anyone understand his own way?
but the Lord determines his steps.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ruling the elements
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem?
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me
because He existed before me.’”)
The windstorm comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. Ice is formed by the breath of God, and watery expanses are frozen. He saturates clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. read more.
They swirl about, turning round and round at His direction, accomplishing everything He commands them over the surface of the inhabited world. He causes this to happen for punishment, for His land, or for His faithful love.
They swirl about, turning round and round at His direction, accomplishing everything He commands them over the surface of the inhabited world. He causes this to happen for punishment, for His land, or for His faithful love.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
The cows went straight up the road to Beth-shemesh. They stayed on that one highway, lowing as they went; they never strayed to the right or to the left. The Philistine rulers were walking behind them to the territory of Beth-shemesh.
In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord selects is to come forward clan by clan. The clan the Lord selects is to come forward family by family. The family the Lord selects is to come forward man by man.
"Now then, prepare one new cart and two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up. Take the ark of the Lord, place it on the cart, and put the gold objects in a box beside it, which you're sending Him as a guilt offering. Send it off and let it go its way. Then watch: If it goes up the road to its homeland toward Beth-shemesh, it is the Lord who has made this terrible trouble for us. However, if it doesn't, we will know that it was not His hand that punished us-it was just something that happened to us by chance." read more.
The men did this: They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and confined their calves in the pen.
The men did this: They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and confined their calves in the pen.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Bringing his words to pass
For the Lord had said to them that they would all die in the wilderness. None of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
None of the good promises the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled.
I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » The special preservation of saints
and will not abandon His faithful ones.
They are kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.
to protect you in all your ways.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Preserving his creatures
You created the heavens,
the highest heavens with all their host,
the earth and all that is on it,
the seas and all that is in them.
You give life to all of them,
and the heavenly host worships You.
Your judgments, like the deepest sea.
Lord, You preserve man and beast.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Preserving the course of nature
seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, and day and night
will not cease.”
He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken. You covered it with the deep as if it were a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away- read more.
mountains rose and valleys sank- to the place You established for them. You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never cover the earth again.
mountains rose and valleys sank- to the place You established for them. You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never cover the earth again.
at the boundary between light and darkness.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Determining the period of human life
From one man He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.
deliver me from the power of my enemies
and from my persecutors.
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Defeating wicked designs
The enemy said: "I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire will be gratified at their expense. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them." But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Lord, who is like You among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders? read more.
You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them. You will lead the people You have redeemed with Your faithful love; You will guide [them] to Your holy dwelling with Your strength. When the peoples hear, they will shudder; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; the inhabitants of Canaan will panic; and terror and dread will fall on them. They will be as still as a stone because of Your powerful arm until Your people pass by, Lord, until the people whom You purchased pass by. You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your possession; Lord, You have prepared the place for Your dwelling; Lord, Your hands have established the sanctuary. The Lord will reign forever and ever! When Pharaoh's horses with his chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them. You will lead the people You have redeemed with Your faithful love; You will guide [them] to Your holy dwelling with Your strength. When the peoples hear, they will shudder; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; the inhabitants of Canaan will panic; and terror and dread will fall on them. They will be as still as a stone because of Your powerful arm until Your people pass by, Lord, until the people whom You purchased pass by. You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your possession; Lord, You have prepared the place for Your dwelling; Lord, Your hands have established the sanctuary. The Lord will reign forever and ever! When Pharaoh's horses with his chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel's good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom's ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel's advice." Hushai then told the priests Zadok and Abiathar, "This is what Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I advised.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Leading saints
He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint-like rock for you.
Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Prospering saints
Then I bowed down, worshiped the Lord, and praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who guided me on the right way to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
But he responded to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has made my journey a success. Send me away so that I may go to my master.”
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Delivering saints
so the Lord of Hosts will protect Jerusalem
by protecting it, He will rescue it,
by sparing it, He will deliver it.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Protecting saints
you will take refuge under His wings.
His faithfulness will be a protective shield.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ordering the minutest matters
Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's consent. But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ordaining the conditions and circumstances of men
The Lord brings poverty and gives wealth; He humbles and He exalts. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the garbage pile. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord's; He has set the world on them.