Psalms 33:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 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.
  • Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth: 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.
  • 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 19:11-14 : 11 The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings? 12 Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpose of the Lord of armies for Egypt. 13 The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are the cause of Egypt's wandering out of the way. 14 The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.
  • Isa 44:23 : 23 Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 Who 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:
  • Ps 140:8 : 8 O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
  • Isa 7:5-7 : 5 Because Aram has made evil designs against you, saying, 6 Let us go up against Judah, troubling her, and forcing our way into her, and let us put up a king in her, even the son of Tabeel: 7 This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.
  • Ps 2:1-4 : 1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? 2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying, 3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us. 4 Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
  • Exod 1:10-12 : 10 Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land. 11 So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. 13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
  • 2 Sam 15:34 : 34 But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 33:11
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    11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

  • Isa 8:10
    77%

    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.

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

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

  • Prov 21:30
    74%

    30 Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

  • Isa 40:23
    73%

    23 He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.

  • Ps 33:9
    73%

    9 For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.

  • Prov 19:21
    72%

    21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

  • Nah 1:9
    72%

    9 What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.

  • Ps 10:16
    72%

    16 The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

  • Ps 2:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

    2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

    3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

  • Lam 2:17
    71%

    17 The 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.

  • Lam 3:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.

    37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?

  • Isa 44:25
    71%

    25 Who 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:

  • Isa 10:7
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    7 But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.

  • Isa 23:9
    70%

    9 It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.

  • Job 12:23-24
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    70%

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

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

  • Job 37:12
    70%

    12 And 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,

  • 1 Cor 1:19
    70%

    19 As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

  • Deut 32:28
    70%

    28 For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.

  • Mic 4:12
    70%

    12 But they have no knowledge of the thoughts of the Lord, their minds are not able to see his purpose: for he has got them together like stems of grain to the crushing-floor.

  • Isa 14:27
    70%

    27 For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?

  • Isa 40:17
    70%

    17 All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

  • Prov 16:33
    70%

    33 A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

  • Isa 28:29
    69%

    29 This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.

  • Ps 118:10
    69%

    10 All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

  • Job 34:25
    69%

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

  • 1 Cor 3:20
    69%

    20 And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

  • Prov 16:3
    69%

    3 Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

  • Ps 33:15
    69%

    15 He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.

  • Job 12:17
    69%

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

  • Isa 31:2
    68%

    2 Though 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 46:8
    68%

    8 Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.

  • Prov 15:22
    68%

    22 Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

  • Isa 29:20
    68%

    20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:

  • Acts 4:25
    68%

    25 Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

  • Isa 46:10
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    10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

  • Isa 7:7
    68%

    7 This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.

  • Ps 5:10
    68%

    10 Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

  • Ps 9:19
    68%

    19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

  • Ps 94:11
    68%

    11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

  • Prov 16:9
    68%

    9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

  • Job 18:7
    68%

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

  • Isa 25:12
    68%

    12 And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.

  • Jer 10:15
    68%

    15 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.

  • Ps 21:11
    67%

    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.