knowing the future
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11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
21There are many intentions in the heart of a man. But the will of the Lord shall stand firm.
4And you have foreseen all my ways. For there is no word in my tongue.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
13But who are you to judge your neighbor? Consider this, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into that city, and certainly we will spend a year there, and we will do business, and we will make our profit,” 14consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow. 15For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: “If the Lord wills,” or, “If we live,” we will do this or that. 16But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked. 17Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord.
20For even if our heart reproaches us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things.
13But when the Spirit of truth has arrived, he will teach the whole truth to you. For he will not be speaking from himself. Instead, whatever he will hear, he will speak. And he will announce to you the things that are to come.
10From the beginning, I announce the last things, and from the start, the things that have not yet been done, saying: My plan will stand firm, and my entire will shall be done.
20But if a prophet, having been corrupted by arrogance, chooses to speak, in my name, things which I did not instruct him to say, or to speak in the name of foreign gods, he shall be put to death. 21But if, in silent thought, you respond: “How will I be able to recognize a word which the Lord has not spoken?” 22you shall have this sign. If whatever that prophet predicts in the name of the Lord does not happen, then the Lord has not spoken it. Instead, the prophet has formed it through the swelling of his own mind. And for this reason, you shall not fear him.’ ”
16Your eyes saw my imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.
105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.
5Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. 6In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.