As far as you're concerned, you were planning evil against me, but God intended it for good, planning to bring about the present result so that many people would be preserved alive.

But the more the Egyptians afflicted the Israelis, the more they multiplied and flourished, so that the Egyptians became terrified of the Israelis.

And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.

who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who led you through the vast and dangerous desert, that parched land without water, with its poisonous snakes and scorpions. He brought water out of solid rock for you, and fed you in the desert with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, to humble and test you so that things go well with you later.

"This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Like these good figs, so I'll regard as good the exiles of Judah whom I sent from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. I'll look at them with good intentions, and I'll bring them back to this land. I'll build them up. I won't tear them down; I'll plant them and not rip them up.

Just as I judged your ancestors in the wilderness in the land of Egypt, so I'll judge you," declares the LORD. "I'll cause you to pass under the rod until I will have brought you into the bond of the covenant.