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Proverbs 19:6
Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts. (niv)
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Psalms 20:9
Lord, give victory to the king! Answer us when we call! (niv)
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Isaiah 49:4
But I said,“ I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing at all. Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand, and my reward is with my God.” (niv)
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Proverbs 16:7
When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them. (niv)
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Esther 4:16
“ Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” (niv)
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Genesis 43:14
And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.” (niv)
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Daniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him:“ What have you done?” (niv)
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Proverbs 19:21
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. (niv)
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Nehemiah 1:11
Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.” I was cupbearer to the king. (niv)
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Isaiah 46:9-11
Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say,‘ My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far- off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do. (niv)
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Psalms 62:12
and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and,“ You reward everyone according to what they have done.” (niv)
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1 Corinthians 4 4
My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. (niv)
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Ezra 7:27-28
Praise be to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s heart to bring honor to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in this wayand who has extended his good favor to me before the king and his advisers and all the king’s powerful officials. Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me, I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me. (niv)
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Proverbs 21:1
In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him. (niv)