Job 5:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

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  • Neh 4:15 : 15 And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect. 11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.
  • Job 12:16-17 : 16 With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands; 17 He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.
  • Acts 23:12-22 : 12 And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death. 13 And more than forty of them took this oath. 14 And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death 15 So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death. 16 But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul. 17 And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him. 18 So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you. 19 And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me? 20 And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail. 21 But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order. 22 So the chief captain let the young man go, saying to him, Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 5:13-14
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    86%

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

    14In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

  • Ps 33:10
    75%

    10The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.

  • Ps 21:11
    72%

    11For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

  • Job 34:25-26
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    72%

    25For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.

    26The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

  • Job 5:11
    72%

    11Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

  • Job 12:14-17
    4 verses
    72%

    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.

    16With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

    17He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

  • Job 18:7-10
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    71%

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

    8His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

    9His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

    10The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

  • Isa 44:25
    71%

    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 12:19-22
    4 verses
    71%

    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;

  • Ps 10:2
    70%

    2The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

  • Amos 5:9
    70%

    9Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    70%

    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:

  • Isa 31:2
    69%

    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.

  • Ps 28:5
    69%

    5Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

  • Ps 35:8
    69%

    8Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Job 12:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

    6There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.

  • Job 12:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

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

    25They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

  • Prov 6:14-15
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    68%

    14His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

    15For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

  • Prov 16:30
    68%

    30He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

  • Job 38:15
    68%

    15And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

  • Lam 3:35
    68%

    35In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.

  • Job 9:12
    68%

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

  • Job 9:5
    68%

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

  • Prov 24:8
    68%

    8He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

  • Ps 26:10
    67%

    10In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

  • Ps 7:15
    67%

    15He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

  • Lam 2:17
    67%

    17The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.

  • Job 21:16
    67%

    16Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

  • Job 15:31
    67%

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

  • Job 24:22
    67%

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

  • Prov 1:31
    67%

    31So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

  • Job 11:10
    67%

    10If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

  • Ps 10:5
    67%

    5His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

  • Prov 21:12
    67%

    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 1:17
    67%

    17Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

  • Prov 19:3
    67%

    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.