Job 5:12

American Standard Version (1901)

He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 4:15 : 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. 11 The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.
  • Job 12:16-17 : 16 With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
  • Acts 23:12-22 : 12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him. 16 But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul. 17 And Paul called unto him one of the centurions, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him. 18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee. 19 And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that thou hast to tell me? 20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him. 21 Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee. 22 So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.

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    25Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

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    11So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

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