Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: