Job 12:17

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"He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges."

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  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, set out for his house in his hometown, set his house in order, and then hanged himself. He died and was buried in his father's tomb.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore, I will again do extraordinary things with this people, with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of their wise will perish, and the understanding of their discerning will vanish.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent I will frustrate.' 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 Then someone told David, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.' So David prayed, 'O LORD, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.'
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, 'The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.' For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring disaster upon Absalom.
  • Job 3:14 : 14 With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.
  • Job 9:24 : 24 The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
  • Isa 19:12-14 : 12 Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and make known what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. They have led Egypt astray, the cornerstone of its tribes. 14 The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of confusion, and they have led Egypt astray in all that it does, like a drunkard staggering in his vomit.

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    84%

    18"He loosens the bonds of kings and binds their waists with a belt."

    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.

    25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.

  • Job 12:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

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

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

  • 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.

  • Prov 12:15
    74%

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

  • Isa 40:23
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    23He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

  • Job 12:13
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    13"With Him are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are His."

  • Isa 44:25
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    25I frustrate the signs of false prophets and make fools of diviners; I turn wise men backward and make their knowledge foolish.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • 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.'

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

  • Prov 14:33
    73%

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

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.

  • Ps 107:40
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    40He pours out contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

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

  • Job 3:14
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    14With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

  • Job 37:12
    72%

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

  • Isa 9:16
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    16Therefore, the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, nor will he have compassion on their orphans and widows, for everyone is ungodly and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still stretched out.

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

    24Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Job 18:7
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    7His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

    10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

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    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Prov 20:26
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  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.

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    17But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

  • Job 22:18
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    18Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Ps 105:22
    70%

    22To bind his officials as he desired and to teach his elders wisdom.

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    70%

    23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

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    17To turn a man from wrongdoing and to conceal pride from him.

  • Prov 24:7
    70%

    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

  • Prov 1:32
    70%

    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • 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.

  • Job 9:23
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    23When a scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

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    22A servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

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    10Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

  • Jer 8:9
    70%

    9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?