Bible Verses About The Providence of God

Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

Giving food to all flesh, For to the age is His kindness.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

Thou--Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.

Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.

O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.

Good is Jehovah to all, And His mercies are over all His works.

Righteous is Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works.

Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah is all its judgment!

Many are the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man--how understandeth he his way?

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.

A horse is prepared for a day of battle, And the deliverance is of Jehovah!

Woe to Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand is Mine indignation.

Against a profane nation I send him, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places.

And he--he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For--to destroy is in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.