Bible Verses About The Providence of God

By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,

Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.

I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.

For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah

When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.

But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.

For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.

Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.