Scriptures on God’s Control

God Controls Everything for His own Purposes

Job 42:2; Psalm 115:3; 135:6; Isaiah 46:9-11; Lamentations 3:37; Daniel 4:35; Acts 17:26; Romans 11:34-36; Ephesians 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:15-16; James 4:13-16;

God Does Not Sin

Leviticus 11:44; Joshua 24:19; Psalm 99:9; Ezekiel 39:7; Habakkuk 4:7; John 8:46; Romans 7:12; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15; 7:26; James 1:13; 1 Peter 2:22; 1 John 3:5;

God Controls Natural Evils

Exodus 4:11; Deuteronomy 8:3; 32:39; 2 Samuel 12:15; 2 Kings 17:25; Job 1:21;14:5; 42:2,11; Psalm 104:4; 135:7; 147:18; 148:8 (see 78:26); Proverbs 16:33; Isaiah 45:7; Daniel 6:22; 4:35; Matthew 5:45; 10:29; Mark 4:39, 41; 2 Corinthians 2:17; James 4:14-15 (see 1 Samuel 2:6-7)

God Exercises Control over Moral Evil

Genesis 12:3; 45:8; 50:20; Exodus 4:21; 5:1; 8:1; 9:12; 10:1-2; 14:4,8; Deuteronomy 2:30; Joshua 11:20; 2 Samuel 12:11; 16:10-12; 24:1,10; Job 2:10; 42:11; Psalm 44:11; 66:10-12; 105:17,25; Proverbs 16:1,4, 9; 21:1; 19:21; 20:24; Jeremiah 10:23; 27:4-6; 29:11; 32:40; 52:3; Amos 3:6; Acts 2:23; 4:27-28 (see Isaiah 53:10); Romans 8:28; 9:16, 18; Ephesians 1:11; Mark 1:27; James 1:2-3; 1 Peter 2:8;

Human Beings Naturally Always Wicked

Genesis 2:16-17; 6:5; 8:27; 13:13; Exodus 9:27; Ezekiel 36:26; Colossians 1:21; 2:20-23; Luke 18:9-14; John 3:20-21; 8:43; Romans 3:10-18; 14:23 (see 3:23 and 8:7-9); 2 Corinthians 4:4-6; Ephesians 2:1-3; 4:8;

Any Good is Directly Caused by God

1 Chronicles 29:14; John 3:3,21; 6:44, 65; Acts 17:26, 29; Romans 9:18; 11:36; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Ephesians 2:5,8,10; Philippians 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:9; James 1:17;

God’s Glory is the Purpose of Everything

Genesis 45:13; Psalm 19:1; 104:31; Isaiah 43:7; 46:13; 48:11; 66:18-19; Matthew 5:16; John 11:4; 11:40; 17:24; Romans 15:7; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 11:7; 2 Corinthians 1:20; 4:15; Philippians 2:11; Revelation 21:23

Hell is Justice

Matthew 5:29f; 10:28; 13:49f; 18:8f; 25:46; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9; Revelation 14:9-11; 20:10