25 Bible Verses about Providence

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Genesis 45:5-8

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you for life. For these two years the famine has been in the land, and yet there are five years in which there shall neither be plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before you that you might remain in the earth and that you might be given life by great liberty.read more.
So now it was not you that sent me here, but God; and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Psalm 145:17

Tzaddi The LORD is righteous in all his ways and merciful in all his works.

Job 11:7-9

Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou come unto the perfection of the Almighty? It is higher than the heavens; what canst thou do? It is deeper than Sheol; how canst thou know it? The measure of it is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.

Daniel 4:35

and all the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing; and in the army of heaven and in the inhabitants of the earth, he does according to his will; nor is there anyone who can interfere with his hand and say unto him, What doest thou?

Isaiah 50:2

for I came, and no one showed himself; I called, and no one answered. Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink because there is no water and die for thirst.

Psalm 75:6

For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.

1 Chronicles 29:11

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the honour, for all things in the heavens and in the earth are thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Psalm 37:1-40

Aleph Do not be angry with the evildoers, neither be thou envious of the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb. Beth Wait in the LORD and do good; live in the land and uphold the truth.read more.
In the same manner delight thyself in the LORD, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart. Gimel Turn thy way unto the LORD and wait in him, and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light and thy uprightness as the noonday. Daleth Be silent before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not be angry with him who prospers in his way, with the man who brings wicked devices to pass. He Cease from anger and forsake wrath: let not thy wrath in any wise cause you to become evil. For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait for the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. Vau For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. Zain The wicked plots against the just and gnashes upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming. He The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy and to slay such as are of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bow shall be broken. Tet A little that a righteous man has is better than the many riches of the sinners. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous. Jod The LORD knows the days of the perfect, and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. Caph But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD as the fattest of rams shall be consumed; as smoke they shall fade away. Lamed The wicked borrows and does not repay: but the righteous shows mercy and gives. For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the earth, and those that are cursed of him shall be cut off. Mem The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way. Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds him with his hand. Nun I have been young and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful and lends, and his seed is a blessing. Samech Depart from evil, and do good, and thou shalt live for evermore. For the LORD loves uprightness and does not forsake his merciful ones; they are preserved for ever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. Ain The righteous shall inherit the earth and live upon it for ever. Pe The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue brings forth judgment. The law of his God is in his heart; therefore none of his steps shall slide. Tzaddi The wicked watches the righteous and seeks to slay him. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Koph Wait on the LORD and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the earth; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. Resh I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, behold, he was not: I sought him, but he could not be found. Schin Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of each one of them is peace. But the rebels were destroyed all together; the wicked were cut off in the end. Tau But the salvation of the righteous is the LORD; he is their strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD helped them and delivers them; he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they wait in him.

Psalm 139:10

even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Psalm 145:15-16

Ain The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their food in due season. Pe Thou dost open thine hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Habakkuk 1:12

Art thou not from the beginning, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not die, O LORD, thou hast ordained him for judgment, and thou hast established him strong for chastisement.

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Nehemiah 9:21

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness so that they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wax old, and their feet did not swell.

Psalm 105:37

And he brought them forth with silver and gold, and there was not one sick person among their tribes.

Deuteronomy 8:3-4

And he afflicted thee and caused thee to hunger and sustained thee with manna, food of which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD shall man live. Thy raiment never waxed old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

Deuteronomy 29:5-6

And I have brought you forty years through the wilderness; your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and neither has thy shoe waxed old upon thy foot. Ye have never eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.

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