Overruling
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrule.

2. (a.) Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.

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Providential Overruling.
... 13TH DAY. Providential Overruling. "He is Faithful that Promised." ... Providential
Overruling. My soul! be still! thou art in the hands of thy Covenant God. ...
/.../macduff/the faithful promiser/13th day providential overruling.htm

The Unseen Watcher
... While nations have rejected God's principles, and in this rejection have wrought
their own ruin, yet a divine, overruling purpose has manifestly been at work ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 43 the unseen watcher.htm

Use to be Made of the Doctrine of Providence.
... be observed, first, that the Providence of God is to be considered with reference
both to the past and the future; and, secondly, that in overruling all things ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 17 use to be.htm

Introduction to First Edition.
... it realizes the hand of God in his personal dealings with him, how near He is, or
how clearly he feels the presence of that tremendous overruling Spirit which. ...
/.../various/the wonders of prayer/introduction to first edition.htm

An Instructive Truth
... Child of God, will you, for a moment, reflect upon the overruling power of
God even in the case of the most mighty and wicked of men? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 50 1904/an instructive truth.htm

The Wonderful Unity of the Bible Attests Its Divine Authorship
... The more one really studies the Bible the more one is convinced that behind the
many human mouths there is One overruling, controlling Mind. ...
/.../pink/the divine inspiration of the bible/chapter seven the wonderful unity.htm

Gifts Received for the Rebellious
... sufferings to them; and they were afterwards indebted to him for their lives,
subsistence, honour and comfort; God in a wonderful manner overruling their evil ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xxix gifts received for.htm

Acts IX
... The child was being educated, under the eye of an overruling Providence,
for a future unthought of by either himself or his parents. ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts ix.htm

Daniel
... It is like them in its passionate belief in the overruling Providence of God and
in the sure consummation of His kingdom; but in its peculiar symbolism, imagery ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/daniel.htm

His Childhood and Youth.
... the journey of the magi from the distant East; the dim light of astrology; the
significant night-vision of Joseph; and God's providence overruling every event ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/the person of christ/his childhood and youth.htm

Thesaurus
Overruling (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrule. 2. (a.) Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling
Providence. Multi-Version Concordance Overruling (2 Occurrences). ...
/o/overruling.htm - 7k

Overrun (4 Occurrences)

/o/overrun.htm - 8k

Necessity (22 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force;
overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality. ...
/n/necessity.htm - 13k

Overruled (2 Occurrences)

/o/overruled.htm - 7k

Religion (23 Occurrences)
... destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression
of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether ...
/r/religion.htm - 101k

Dispersion (4 Occurrences)
... This, in the overruling providence of God, ultimately contributed in a great degree
toward opening the way for the spread of the gospel into all lands. ...
/d/dispersion.htm - 44k

Prophecy (37 Occurrences)
... intermediate prophecies also which hold an important place in the great chain of
events which illustrate the sovereignty and all-wise overruling providence of ...
/p/prophecy.htm - 55k

Sign (181 Occurrences)
... Most common of all were the local altars and mounds consecrated in simple and sincere
fashion to a belief in God's ruling and overruling providence (Joshua 4:1 ...
/s/sign.htm - 46k

Providence (3 Occurrences)
... view of human freedom, while the Essenes were believers in absolute fate; the Pharisees,
avoiding these extremes, believed in both the overruling providence of ...
/p/providence.htm - 44k

Anem (1 Occurrence)
... to him, not because it is a record of events that actually happened, but because
he sees in it the ever-present guidance and overruling determination of God ...
/a/anem.htm - 101k

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Concordance
Overruling (2 Occurrences)

Esther 8:5
She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 16:30
How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose and overruling woman;
(BBE)

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Sign (181 Occurrences)

Providence (3 Occurrences)

Anem (1 Occurrence)

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