Topic

Sovereignty

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Psalms 115:3

But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.

Job 42:2

I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

Proverbs 19:21

There are many devices in a man’s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

Romans 8:28

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Psalms 103:19

Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens; And his kingdom ruleth over all.

Ephesians 1:11

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

Proverbs 16:9

A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

1 Chronicles 29:11–12

Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all. — read the full passage →

Psalms 135:6

Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

Daniel 4:35

and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

Genesis 50:20

And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Romans 9:18

So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Romans 9:21

Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.

Ephesians 1:11–12

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will; — read the full passage →

Isaiah 46:9–10

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:26

And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Isaiah 43:13

Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?

1 Timothy 6:15

which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Proverbs 16:4

Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Deuteronomy 32:39

See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

2 Chronicles 20:6

and he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.

Colossians 1:16

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

Acts 2:23

him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

Jeremiah 32:27

Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

Revelation 4:11

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

1 Samuel 2:10

They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.

John 6:44

No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

Isaiah 14:27

For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Isaiah 14:24

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

Exodus 4:11

And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Deuteronomy 8:18

But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.

Matthew 10:29–30

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father: — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 32:17

Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,

Philippians 1:6

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Acts 13:48

And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

Daniel 2:21

And he changeth the times and the seasons; he removeth kings, and setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding;

1 Chronicles 29:11

Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Romans 9:11

for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,

Luke 1:37

For no word from God shall be void of power.

John 1:3–4

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. — read the full passage →

Romans 11:36

For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.

Isaiah 43:15

I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

Revelation 15:3

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.

Revelation 19:6

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.

Revelation 4:2

Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;

Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

Proverbs 20:24

A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.

James 4:13–15

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: — read the full passage →

Acts 4:27–28

for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, — read the full passage →

Psalms 139:16

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Eventhe days that were ordainedfor me, When as yet there was none of them.

Ephesians 1:4

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

Genesis 24:3

and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

John 6:65

And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.

John 6:37

All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Jeremiah 10:23

O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Daniel 4:17

The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.

Jeremiah 27:5

I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me.

Hebrews 4:13

And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Romans 9:20

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.

Romans 9:19

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?

Romans 13:1–7

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Colossians 1:17

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

Ecclesiastes 7:13–14

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? — read the full passage →

Job 1:12

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

Ezra 6:22

and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

John 19:11

Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.

Job 23:13

But he is in onemind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

1 Samuel 2:6

Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

Hebrews 1:3

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Psalms 104:24

O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

Romans 8:29–30

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: — read the full passage →

Isaiah 46:9–11

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; — read the full passage →

Amos 3:6

Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

Lamentations 3:37–38

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? — read the full passage →

Psalms 29:10

Jehovah satas Kingat the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.

Isaiah 40:22

It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

Luke 12:6–7

Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God. — read the full passage →

Luke 1:51–53

He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart. — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:28

And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matthew 5:34

but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God;

Deuteronomy 4:39

Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Romans 9:19–20

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will? — read the full passage →

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

Romans 8:29

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

Job 12:13–14

WithGodis wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. — read the full passage →

1 Chronicles 29:12

Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

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