Genesis 50:20
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20 You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.(A)
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1 Samuel 16:14
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David in Saul’s Court
14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul,(A) and an evil spirit sent from the Lord began to torment him,
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1 Kings 21:21
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21 This is what the Lord says:[a] ‘I am about to bring disaster on you and will sweep away your descendants:
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- 1 Kings 21:21 LXX; MT omits This is what the Lord says
- 1 Kings 21:21 Lit eliminate Ahab’s one who urinates against the wall
1 Kings 22:8
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8 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can ask Yahweh, but I hate him(A) because he never prophesies good about me,(B) but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
“The king shouldn’t say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
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2 Kings 6:33
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33 While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger[a] came down to him. Then he said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”(A)
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- 2 Kings 6:33 Some emend to king
Psalm 78:49
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49 He sent His burning anger against them:
fury, indignation, and calamity—
a band of deadly messengers.[a](A)
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- Psalm 78:49 Or angels
Job 2:10
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10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.[a]
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- Job 2:10 Lit sin with his lips
Isaiah 13:11
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11 I will bring disaster on the world,
and their own iniquity,(A) on the wicked.
I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant(B)
and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
Isaiah 31:2
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2 But He also is wise and brings disaster.(A)
He does not go back on what He says;(B)
He will rise up against the house of wicked men
and against the allies of evildoers.
Isaiah 47:11
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11 But disaster will happen to you;
you will not know how to avert it.
And it will fall on you,
but you will be unable to ward it off.[a]
Devastation will happen to you suddenly
and unexpectedly.(A)
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- Isaiah 47:11 Or to atone for it
Jeremiah 1:14
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14 Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out[a] from the north(A) on all who live in the land.
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- Jeremiah 1:14 LXX reads will boil
Lamentations 3:38
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38 Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?(A)
Amos 3:6
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6 If a ram’s horn(A) is blown in a city,
aren’t people afraid?(B)
If a disaster(C) occurs in a city,
hasn’t the Lord done it?(D)
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