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Job 23:14

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For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
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  1. 1 Thessalonians 3:3Rank 1 from verse 14
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    3That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:9Rank 2 from verse 14
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    9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

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    27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

    28¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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    19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

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    2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

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Job 23:14

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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appointed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of appoint. Sense 1: To assign, designate, establish, or set for a particular purpose, office, or time. Sense 2: To supply, allot, furnish, or equip with provisions or equipment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

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15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

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