Acts 4:28
to do what thy hand and counsel before appointed to be done.
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble [are called];
Ephesians 1:11
in whom also we have been called, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works out all things according to the counsel of his will,
Ephesians 3:11
according to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,
James 4:6
But he gives more grace; wherefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.