Job 12:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 14:9 : 9 And if the prophet, tricked by deceit, says anything, it is I the Lord by whom he has been tricked, and I will put out my hand against him, and he will be cut off from among my people Israel.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.
  • 1 Kgs 22:22-23 : 22 And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so. 23 And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has said evil against you.
  • Job 12:13 : 13 With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.
  • Job 13:7 : 7 Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?
  • Job 13:9 : 9 Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

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    12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

    13With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

    14Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

    15Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.

  • Job 12:17
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    17He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

  • Job 5:12-13
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    12Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

    13He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

  • Job 12:19-24
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    19He makes priests prisoners, overturning those in safe positions;

    20He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;

    21He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

    22Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;

    23Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.

    24He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Job 9:4-5
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    4He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

    5It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath:

  • 1 Cor 3:19
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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

  • Job 26:12
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    12By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.

  • Job 24:22-23
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    22But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

    23He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

  • Job 15:31
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    31Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

  • Jer 10:12
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    12He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

  • Job 37:12
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    12And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

  • Job 36:5
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    5Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 8:14
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    14Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

  • Jer 51:15
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    15He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

  • Job 32:13
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    13Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • Job 9:12
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    12If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

  • Hab 1:11
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    11Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.

  • Dan 2:22
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    22He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.

  • Hos 12:7
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    7So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Job 23:13-14
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    13But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.

    14For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Job 28:11-12
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    11He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Job 11:11
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    11For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

  • Prov 21:30
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    30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

  • Job 11:6
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    6And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!

  • Isa 44:25
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    25Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:

  • Job 26:3
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    3How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

  • Prov 2:6
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    6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

  • Job 18:7
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    7The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

  • Job 40:19
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    19Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.