Genesis 45:8
So now, you yourselves did not send me here, but God put me here as father to Pharaoh and as master of all his household, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Judges 17:10
And Micah said to him, "Stay with me and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give to you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your food." So the Levite went [with him].
Genesis 41:39-48
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all of this known to you there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
Genesis 45:5
So now, do not be distressed and do not be angry {with yourselves} that you sold me here, for God sent me as deliverance before you.
Job 29:16
I [was] a father to the poor, and I investigated {the stranger's} legal dispute.
Psalm 105:21-22
He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, in order that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
John 19:11
Jesus replied to him, "You would not have any authority over me unless it was given to you from above. For this [reason] the one who handed me over to you has greater sin."
Romans 9:16
Consequently therefore, {it does not depend on the} one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy.