Quotes about Providence
For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
— 2 Kings 7:6
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
— 1 Chronicles 29:14
If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
— 2 Chronicles 7:13
And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
— Esther 2:7
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
— Job 3:12
that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
— Job 7:18
Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
— Job 12:9
If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
— Job 12:15
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
— Job 14:5
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
— Job 23:14
He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
— Job 24:23
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
— Job 26:9