约书亚记 9:20

²⁰ 我们要如此待他们，容他们活着，免得有忿怒因我们所起的誓临到我们身上。

God meant it for goodness

In Genesis 50:20, this signifies to turn their temptations into good, for what God intends, He performs. (Arcana Coelestia 6572)