Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.

Job 33:13

Why do you take Him to court
for not answering anything a person asks?

Isaiah 46:10

I declare the end from the beginning,
and from long ago what is not yet done,
saying: My plan will take place,
and I will do all My will.

In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.

Romans 9:18

So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.

Romans 11:33-36

Oh, the depth of the riches
both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God!
How unsearchable His judgments
and untraceable His ways!

Ephesians 1:9

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him

Ephesians 1:11

We have also received an inheritance in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will,

Ephesians 3:11

This is according to His eternal purpose accomplished in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 1:9

He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 11:26

Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

General references

Romans 9:16

Colossians 1:19

Bible References

General references

So then it does not depend on human will or effort

but on God who shows mercy.

For God was pleased to have
all His fullness dwell in Him,