Genesis 50:20
Evil was what you planned against me; good was what God planned by it, so as to bring about what you see today: the lives of a great many people saved.
Treated in 24 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Big Story ·
Meant for Good cites Genesis 50:20
…for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people” (Genesis 50:20). Joseph doesn’t pretend what they did was fine. It was evil, and he names it. But he…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Joseph cites Genesis 50:20
…it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today” (Genesis 50:20). Though the enemy would often bring about attacks on the people of God, our Father is…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.1 The First Commandment cites Gen 50: 20
…He will make a treacle of poison. Joseph’s imprisonment was a means for his advancement. Gen 50: 20. Out of the bitterest drug he will distil his glory and our salvation. In short, he will…
- All Things for Good ·
The worst things work for good to the godly cites Gen. l. 20
…the second man in the kingdom. “Ye thought evil against me, but God meant it for good” (Gen. l. 20). Jacob wrestled with the angel, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint. This…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Introduction: The Watchman and His Century cites Genesis 50:20
…Joseph could tell his brothers, “Ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20, ASV). The same event carried human evil and divine providence without confusing the two.…
- The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom ·
In Every Thing Give Thanks cites GENESIS 50:20
…God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. GENESIS 50:20 Joseph did not thank his brothers. He thanked God who had overruled them. That is the…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
The Fatherly Hand cites GENESIS 50:20
…God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. GENESIS 50:20 Nor does providence make human effort pointless. Calvin is scornful of those who say that…
- The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans ·
Stepping Stones cites GENESIS 50:20
…God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. GENESIS 50:20 Testing, not temptation Evans distinguishes carefully between testing and temptation. God…
- Samuel Ajayi Crowther (For Teens) ·
The Unhappy, Blessed Day cites Genesis 50:20
…God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” — Genesis 50:20 (ASV) It was a fair morning in 1821 in Osogun, a Yoruba town of about twelve thousand…
- Growing in Wisdom ·
Discovering Your Purpose cites Genesis 50:20
…intended it for good, to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." — Genesis 50:20 Whatever your circumstances, whether you come from a poor family, a small village, or…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
If God Is Good, Why Is the World So Full of Evil? cites Genesis 50:20
…Joseph saw long before: “what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good” (Genesis 50:20). Why doesn’t He just end it now? He will. But think what ending all evil today would…
- Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 4 ·
Day 25 — It’s Not Fair cites Genesis 50:20
…for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.” — Genesis 50:20 (BSB) “It’s not fair!” Have you ever said that? Probably! Maybe your sibling got…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
How Do I Forgive Someone Who Really Hurt Me? cites Genesis 50:20
…his hands, he told them, “what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good” (Genesis 50:20). He didn’t pretend it was fine. He called it evil. But he refused to let it have the…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Thanksgiving Versus Complaining cites Genesis 50:20
…Joseph could say, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20). To the eye of sense, his brothers sent him to Egypt; to the eye of faith, “God sent me”…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
The Absence of Good cites GENESIS 50:20
…God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. GENESIS 50:20 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
Is God in Everything? cites GENESIS 50:20
…God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. GENESIS 50:20 Hannah Whitall Smith knew that one objection brings more people to a halt in the life of…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
Abandonment cites GENESIS 50:20
…God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. GENESIS 50:20 These criticisms are not a reason to set the word aside. They are a reason to hold it as…
- The Key Teachings of F. B. Meyer ·
Men of Like Passions cites GENESIS 50:20
…God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. GENESIS 50:20 Moses, the servant Meyer called Moses the servant of God. Scripture gives Moses forty…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
The Sovereignty of God cites GENESIS 50:20
…God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. GENESIS 50:20 Joseph does not say his brothers meant one thing and it happened to work out. He says God…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
The Unhappy, Blessed Day cites Genesis 50:20
…God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” — Genesis 50:20, ASV “Which I Shall Never Forget” When Samuel Crowther sat down at Fourah Bay in February…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Samuel Ajayi Crowther cites Genesis 50:20
…good out of it. “As for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20, ASV). 2. God Sees the Fatherless A boy who lost his home, his family, and his name at…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Genesis 50:20
…was the day God began to lead him, though he did not know it. Scriptures to revisit Genesis 50:20; Matthew 6:13; Romans 8:28. Reflection 1. Crowther called the day of his capture both…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
Is God in Everything? cites Genesis 50:20
…for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. ” Genesis 50:20.Now, do not be grieved or angry with yourselves for selling me. “ God sent me here to…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning ·
“I Am Joseph!” cites Genesis 50:20
“As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good.” — Genesis 50:20 When Joseph heard Judah offer to become a slave in place of Benjamin, he couldn’t hold…