• Hebrews 11:3
  By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
   
• Proverbs 21:1
  The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD,
  Like the rivers of water;
  He turns it wherever He wishes.
  
   
• Romans 13:1
  Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
   
• Isaiah 10:5-8
  “ Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
  And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
  I will send him against an ungodly nation,
  And against the people of My wrath
  I will give him charge,
  To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
  And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
  Yet he does not mean so,
  Nor does his heart think so;
  But it is in his heart to destroy,
  And cut off not a few nations.
  For he says,
  ‘ Are not my princes altogether kings?
  
   
• Matthew 24:22
  And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.
   
• Romans 9:19
  You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?"
   
• Ephesians 1:10
  that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.
   
• 2 Peter 3:1-2
  Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,
   
• Genesis 17:19
  Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
   
• 1 Samuel 2:6-8
  “The LORD kills and makes alive;
  He brings down to the grave and brings up. The LORD makes poor and makes rich;
  He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the dust
  And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,
  To set them among princes
  And 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.
   
• Isaiah 64:8
  But now, O LORD,
  You are our Father;
  We are the clay, and You our potter;
  And all we are the work of Your hand.
  
   
• Daniel 2:31-38
  'You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. "This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—you are this head of gold.
   

Related Scriptures

• Romans 8:29
  For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
   
• Ephesians 1:5
  having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
   
• 2 Peter 3:8-9
  But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
   
• Job 1:10
  Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.