Luke 4:25
I tell you for a fact, In Israel there were many widows during the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land:
James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature just like our own; but he offered prayer that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain;
Matthew 20:15
Can I not do as I please with what belongs to me? Have you a grudge because I am generous?'
Mark 7:26-29
(the woman was a pagan, of Syrophoenician birth) begging him to cast the daemon out of her daughter.
Luke 10:21
He thrilled with joy at that hour in the holy Spirit, saying, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simple-minded; yes, Father, I praise thee that such was thy chosen purpose." Then turning to the disciples he said,
Romans 9:15
God says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I choose to have mercy, I will have compassion on whom I choose to have compassion.
Romans 9:20
But who are you, my man, to speak back to God? Is something a man has moulded to ask him who has moulded it, "Why did you make me like this?"
Ephesians 1:9
He has granted us complete insight and understanding of the open secret of his will, showing us how it was the purpose of his design