Job 12:23

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

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  • Isa 9:3 : 3 For you have shattered the yoke that burdened them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, as on the day of Midian’s defeat.
  • Isa 26:15 : 15 You have increased the nation, LORD; You have increased the nation. You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.
  • Isa 60:22 : 22 The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest one a mighty nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He blessed them, and they multiplied greatly, and He did not let their livestock decrease.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
  • Exod 1:20 : 20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.
  • Jer 30:19 : 19 Out of them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will increase their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be despised.
  • Jer 33:22 : 22 Just as the stars in the sky cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me.
  • Zech 10:8 : 8 I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will become as numerous as they were before.
  • Isa 27:6 : 6 In days to come, Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and sprout, and they will fill the whole world with fruit.
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was one person, and I blessed him and made him many.

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  • Job 12:24-25
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    24 He removes the understanding of the leaders of the earth's people and makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

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

  • Job 12:14-22
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    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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 15 You have increased the nation, LORD; You have increased the nation. You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.

  • Job 34:24-25
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    24 He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets others in their place.

    25 Because He knows their deeds, He overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.

  • 6 Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

  • 7 But this is not what he intends, nor does he plan it in his heart. Instead, his purpose is to destroy and to cut off many nations.

  • Ps 107:38-40
    3 verses
    70%

    38 He blessed them, and they multiplied greatly, and He did not let their livestock decrease.

    39 Yet they were diminished and brought low through oppression, calamity, and sorrow.

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

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

  • 1 Sam 2:6-7
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    6 'The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.'

    7 'The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He humbles and He exalts.'

  • 23 But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great panic until they are destroyed.

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

  • 10 If He passes by, imprisons, or calls an assembly, who can turn Him back?

  • 12 When the army is captured, the king's heart will become proud. Though he will overthrow tens of thousands, he will not remain strong.

  • 6 He stood and shook the earth; He looked and startled the nations. The ancient mountains crumbled; the everlasting hills sank low. His ways are eternal.

  • 23 when peoples and kingdoms gather together to serve the LORD.

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

  • 10 He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings—

  • 3 For you have shattered the yoke that burdened them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, as on the day of Midian’s defeat.

  • 11 He has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. The LORD has commanded for Canaan to be destroyed, and her strongholds laid waste.

  • 23 then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

  • 7 At any moment I might speak concerning a nation or a kingdom, to uproot it, tear it down, or destroy it.

  • 1 Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.

  • 23 After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully. He will rise to power with only a few people.

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

  • 6 He will judge among the nations, filling the lands with corpses; He will crush the heads of many over the wide earth.

  • 39 He will deal with strongholds using a foreign god. He will honor those who acknowledge him, giving them authority over many people and distributing land for a price.

  • 12 You will come to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against resettled ruins and against a people gathered from the nations, people acquiring livestock and goods, who live at the center of the land.

  • 6 Look, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation that marches through the earth's breadth to seize dwellings not their own.

  • 12 Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; let all who are around Him bring gifts to the One to be feared.

  • 12 For any nation or kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations will be utterly ruined.

  • 10 The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

  • 24 The LORD made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their adversaries.

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

  • 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

  • 17 Is this why they empty their net and continually slay nations without mercy?

  • 9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your ruin among the nations, in lands you do not know.