The Sovereignty of God

Daniel 2:20, 21a...
"Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever,
For wisdom and power belong to Him.
It is He who changes the times and epochs;
He removes kings and establishes kings..."  

Proverbs 21:1... 
"The king's heart is like channels of water 
in the hand of the LORD;
He turns it wherever He wishes."  Proverbs 21:1

Daniel 2:37, 38...
"You (Nebuchadnezzar), 
O king, 
are the king of kings, 
to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, 
the power, 
the strength and the glory; 
and wherever the sons of men dwell, 
or the beasts of the field, 
or the birds of the sky, 
He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them."

Psalm 24:1...
"The earth is the LORD's,
and all it contains,
The world,
 and those who dwell in it."

Psalm 33:10, 11...
"The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations; 
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
The counsel of the LORD stands forever,
The plans of His heart from generation to generation."

Psalm 33:13,15...
"The LORD looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men;
From His dwelling place He looks out 
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
He who fashions the hearts of them all,
He who understands all their works."

Isaiah 45:7...
The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these things."

John 1:11-13...
"He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God."

Romans 8:28...
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."

Ephesians 1:11...
"Also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will."