Matthew 11:26

Yes, I thank you, Father, for choosing to have it so.

Luke 10:21

At that moment he was inspired with joy, and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the learned and intelligent, and revealing it to children! Yes, I thank you, Father, for choosing to have it so!

Romans 9:18

So he has mercy on anyone he pleases, and hardens the heart of anyone he pleases.

Romans 11:33-36

How inexhaustible God's resources, wisdom, and knowledge are! How unfathomable his decisions are, and how untraceable his ways!

Ephesians 1:9

He has given us perfect insight into his secret purpose and understanding of it, in following out the design he planned to carry out in Christ,

Ephesians 3:11

fulfilling the eternal purpose which God carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 1:9

He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

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

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Romans 9:16
So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on the mercy of God.
Colossians 1:19
For all the divine fulness chose to dwell in him,