Job 12:16

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"With Him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His."

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  • Ezek 14:9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is I, the LORD, who have deceived that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
  • 1 Kgs 22:22-23 : 22 ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked. 'I will go and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. The LORD replied, 'You will succeed in enticing him. Go and do it.' 23 So now the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has decreed disaster for you.
  • Job 12:13 : 13 "With Him are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are His."
  • Job 13:7 : 7 Will you speak unjustly on God's behalf and speak deceitfully for Him?
  • Job 13:9 : 9 Would it be well when He examines you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a mortal?

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  • Job 12:12-15
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    83%

    12"Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days."

    13"With Him are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are His."

    14"What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be set free."

    15"If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth."

  • Job 12:17
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    17"He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges."

  • Job 5:12-13
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    12He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success.

    13He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.

  • Job 12:19-24
    6 verses
    73%

    19"He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty."

    20He silences the speech of the trustworthy and takes away the discernment of the elders.

    21He pours out contempt on nobles and loosens the belts of the strong.

    22He reveals the deep things from darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.

    23He makes nations great and then destroys them; He enlarges nations and guides them away.

    24He removes the understanding of the leaders of the earth's people and makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.

  • Job 9:4-5
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    4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted Him and remained unharmed?

    5He removes mountains without their knowing it, and overturns them in His anger.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'

  • Job 26:12
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    12By his power he stilled the sea, and by his understanding he struck down Rahab.

  • Job 24:22-23
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    71%

    22Yet God drags away the mighty with His power; though they rise up, they do not trust in their own lives.

    23He allows them to rest in security, but His eyes are on their ways.

  • Job 15:31
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    31Let him not trust in worthlessness, deceiving himself, for worthlessness will be his reward.

  • Jer 10:12
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    12God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

  • Job 37:12
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    12They turn and shift by His guidance, to carry out all that He commands across the surface of the earth.

  • Job 36:5
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    5Behold, God is mighty but does not despise anyone; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 8:14
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    14Counsel and wisdom belong to me; I have understanding and strength.

  • Jer 51:15
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    15He made the earth by His power, established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

  • Job 32:13
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    13Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’

  • Ps 36:3
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    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • Job 9:12
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    12If He snatches away, who can stop Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?

  • Hab 1:11
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    11Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on; but they are guilty—this strength of theirs is their god.

  • Dan 2:22
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    22He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9He flashes destruction upon the mighty and brings ruin upon the fortified city.

  • Hos 12:7
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    7But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

  • Job 23:13-14
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    13But he is unchangeable; who can turn him back? He does what he desires.

    14He will complete what he has planned for me, and many such things are in his mind.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

  • Job 28:11-12
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    11He dams up streams to stop their flow, and brings to light what is hidden.

    12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 11:11
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    11For He knows worthless men; He sees iniquity, even when He does not consider it.

  • Prov 21:30
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    30There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that can stand against the LORD.

  • Job 11:6
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    6and that He would declare to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is double what you imagine. Know then that God exacts less of you than your guilt deserves.

  • Isa 44:25
    68%

    25I frustrate the signs of false prophets and make fools of diviners; I turn wise men backward and make their knowledge foolish.

  • Job 26:3
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    3How have you advised without wisdom and provided abundant insight?

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom makes a wise person stronger than ten rulers in a city.

  • Prov 2:6
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    6For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

  • Job 18:7
    68%

    7His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

  • Job 40:19
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    19He is the first of God’s works; only his Maker can approach him with His sword.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of the LORD watch over knowledge, but He overturns the words of the treacherous.