Proverbs 16:4; John 12:40; Romans 9:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

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Proverbs 16:4

4 The LORD works out everything to its proper end— even the wicked for a day of disaster.
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John 12:40

40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.”
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Romans 9:18

18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
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2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie
12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
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