Isaiah 54:16
Look! I myself have created [the] craftsman who blows [the] fire [of] coals, and who produces a weapon for his work; also I myself have created [the] destroyer to destroy.
Exodus 9:16
But for the sake of this I have caused you to stand--for the sake of showing you my strength and in order to proclaim my name in all the earth.
Proverbs 16:4
All Yahweh has made [is] for his purpose, and even the wicked for the day of trouble.
Isaiah 10:5-6
Ah! Assyria, the rod of my anger, and a staff is in their hand: my wrath!
Isaiah 10:15
Does the ax boast against the one who cuts with it, or the saw magnify itself against [the] one who moves it to and fro? {As if a rod should move the one who lifts it}! {As if a staff should lift up that which is not wood}!
Isaiah 37:26
Have you not heard from {a long time ago}? I have made it from days of primeval time, and I formed it. Now I have brought it [about], and it is for fortified cities to collapse into heaps of destroyed stones.
Isaiah 46:11
who calls a bird of prey from [the] east, the man of his plan from a country from afar. Indeed I have spoken; indeed I will bring it [to being]. I have formed [it]; indeed I will do it.
Daniel 4:34-35
"But at the end of {that period}, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and [then] my reason returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and {the one who lives forever} I praised and I honored. "For his sovereignty [is] [an] everlasting sovereignty, and his kingdom [continues] from generation to generation.
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."