Romans 9:17
For the Scripture saith to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show forth my power in thee, and that my name might be made known in all the earth."
Romans 9:22
What if God endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, purposing to manifest his wrath and to make known his power;
1 Peter 2:8
and "a stone of stumbling, and a rock to strike against;" even to those who stumble, being disobedient to the word; to which they were also appointed.
1 Peter 2:19
For this is acceptable, if any one on account of a sense of duty to God endureth hardships, suffering wrongfully.
Jude 1:4
For there have stealthily crept in certain men who were of old appointed beforehand for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into wantonness, and denying the only Sovereign, and our Lord Jesus Christ.