Isaiah 41:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 36 But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
  • Job 20:7-9 : 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
  • Isa 17:14 : 14 At eventide, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

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  • Isa 41:10-11
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    87%

    10Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

    11Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

  • 19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.

  • Lev 26:37-38
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    74%

    37And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

    38And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

  • 15Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.

  • 13For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

  • Ps 21:8-9
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    8Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.

    9Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

  • 21I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt no more have any being; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • 25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

  • 11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

  • 7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

  • 20And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

  • 22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

  • 16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

  • 40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

  • 12I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

  • Isa 47:14-15
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    14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.

    15Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.

  • 12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.

  • 17And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • 12They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

  • 21For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.

  • Deut 7:23-24
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    23But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.

    24And he will deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

  • 5But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.

  • 22Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you.

  • 24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

  • 5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

  • 12For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

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    41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

    42They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

  • 14Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

  • 9Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.

  • 6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

  • 17All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

  • 28Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

  • 12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

  • 5There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because of God hath rejected them.

  • 25Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • 5And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

  • 7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.

  • 26And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.

  • 11Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries. [

  • 19All they that know thee among the peoples shall be astonished at thee: thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.

  • 17Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

  • 14[They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.

  • 9And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

  • 9What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.