Job 17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them] .
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Referenced Verses
- 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
- 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
- Isa 19:14 : 14 Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
- Matt 11:25 : 25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: [
- Matt 13:11 : 11 And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
- Rom 11:8 : 8 according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.
- 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
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19 Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!
20 In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
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13 Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place] .
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18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
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5 He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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4 but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
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4 Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
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10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?
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12 that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
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2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.
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28 For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
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4 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
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17 That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, And hide pride from man;
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15 Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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22 For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
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40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
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10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
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8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
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10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
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21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
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33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.
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11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
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65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.
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13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it] ?
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20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
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2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;
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17 And the way of peace have they not known:
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17 They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
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12 But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
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21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
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3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
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18 (Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;
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4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
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17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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10 Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.
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13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:
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18 Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.
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6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
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44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
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10 They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
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29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
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24 Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.
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2 For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
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15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
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13 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them] ;
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8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
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13 Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.