Thematic Bible: Is exercised in
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Providing for his creatures
Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they?
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He who gives the beast his food and to the sons of the ravens which cry unto him.
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Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures for ever.
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These wait all upon thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Overruling wicked designs for good
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God thought it out unto good, to bring to pass that which we see this day, to give life to many people.
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But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel,
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Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you for life. For these two years the famine has been in the land, and yet there are five years in which there shall neither be plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before you that you might remain in the earth and that you might be given life by great liberty.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ordering the ways of men
There are many thoughts in the heart of man; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.
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Man's steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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The heart of man devises his way, but the LORD directs his steps.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ruling the elements
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
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for I came, and no one showed himself; I called, and no one answered. Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink because there is no water and die for thirst.
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John bore witness of him and cried, saying, This is he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.
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Out of the south comes the whirlwind and cold out of the north wind. By the breath of God ice is given; and the broad waters are constrained. In addition to this, with clarity he wearies the thick clouds; and he scatters them with his light. read more.
And they are turned round about by his counsels; that they may do whatever he commands them upon the face of the world in the earth. On some occasions for correction, on others for his land, on others for mercy he causes them to appear.
And they are turned round about by his counsels; that they may do whatever he commands them upon the face of the world in the earth. On some occasions for correction, on others for his land, on others for mercy he causes them to appear.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
And the cows went straight down the way of Bethshemesh and went along the highway, lowing as they went and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the cardinals of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
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In the morning, therefore, ye shall come near according to your tribes, and it shall be that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to the families thereof, and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households, and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.
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Now, therefore, make a new cart and take two milk cows, on which no yoke has been placed and tie the cows to the cart and bring their calves home from them. Then ye shall take the ark of the LORD and lay it upon the cart and put the jewels of gold, which ye pay him for expiation of guilt, in a coffer by the side thereof, and let it go. And see if it goes up by the way of his own border to Bethshemesh, then he has done us this great evil, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was an accident that happened to us. read more.
And the men did so and took two milk cows and tied them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.
And the men did so and took two milk cows and tied them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Bringing his words to pass
For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh and Joshua, the son of Nun.
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There failed not a word of all the good things which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all of it came to pass.
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Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away until all is fulfilled. The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » The special preservation of saints
For the LORD loves uprightness and does not forsake his merciful ones; they are preserved for ever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
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But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
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For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Preserving his creatures
Thou, O LORD, art alone; thou hast made the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are therein, the seas and all that is therein, and thou givest life to them all; and the host of the heavens worship thee.
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Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; thy judgments are a great deep; O LORD, thou dost preserve man and beast.
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Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Preserving the course of nature
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved by any age. Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. read more.
The mountains were exposed; they descended through the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over, that they not turn again to cover the earth.
The mountains were exposed; they descended through the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over, that they not turn again to cover the earth.
He has compassed the waters with bounds until the end of light and darkness.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Determining the period of human life
and has made of one blood all the lineage of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined the seasons (which he has limited) and the bounds of their habitation;
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My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those that persecute me.
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Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before thee; verily every man that lives is altogether vanity. Selah.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Defeating wicked designs
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them. They sank as lead in the mighty waters. Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, magnificent in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? read more.
Thou didst stretch out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed; thou hast guided them in thy strength unto the habitation of thy holiness. The peoples shall hear and be afraid; sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling, shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone, until thy people pass over, O LORD, until the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. Thou shalt bring them in and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place of thy dwelling which thou hast made ready, O LORD, in the Sanctuary of the Lord, which thy hands have established. The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. For Pharaoh went in on horseback with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the sons of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Thou didst stretch out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed; thou hast guided them in thy strength unto the habitation of thy holiness. The peoples shall hear and be afraid; sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling, shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone, until thy people pass over, O LORD, until the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. Thou shalt bring them in and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place of thy dwelling which thou hast made ready, O LORD, in the Sanctuary of the Lord, which thy hands have established. The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. For Pharaoh went in on horseback with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the sons of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai, the Archite, is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had given orders to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. Then Hushai said unto Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus have I counselled.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Leading saints
who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness of burning serpents and scorpions and drought, where there was no water, who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint,
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And thou shalt remember all the way by which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness to afflict thee and to prove thee to know what was in thine heart, whether thou would keep his commandments, or not.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Prospering saints
And I bowed down my head and worshipped the LORD and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of the truth to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
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And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD has prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Delivering saints
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the mortal pestilence.
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As birds flying, so will the LORD of the hosts defend Jerusalem; defending, delivering, passing over, and saving it.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Protecting saints
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings thou shalt be secure: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
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O GOD the Lord, the strength of my saving health, cover thou my head in the day of battle.
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The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ordering the minutest matters
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ordaining the conditions and circumstances of men
The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and lifts up. He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.