Job 5:13

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

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  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 So that I may recount all your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion; I will rejoice in your salvation. 16 The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
  • 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?
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'
  • Ps 18:26 : 26 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful; to the blameless You show Yourself blameless.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life. 8 May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 For the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but His confidential counsel is with the upright.
  • 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 15:34 : 34 'But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, “Your servant will serve you, O king; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,” then you can thwart Ahithophel’s advice for me.'
  • 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.
  • Esth 6:4-9 : 4 The king asked, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the king’s palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him. 5 The king’s servants said to him, "Haman is standing in the courtyard." The king said, "Let him come in." 6 Haman entered, and the king said to him, "What should be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?" Now Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?" 7 So Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor, 8 let them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden, with a royal crown placed on its head. 9 Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble officials. Let them robe the man whom the king delights to honor, and have him ride on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him: ‘This is what shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor!’" 10 Then the king said to Haman, "Go quickly and take the robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have said." 11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, proclaiming before him: "This is what shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor!"
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when the matter came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies. 16 They dig a pit and hollow it out, only to fall into the hole they have made.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    12He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise.

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    20And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'

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    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."

  • Job 18:7-10
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    7His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

    8For his feet are cast into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

    9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him tight.

    10His rope lies hidden in the ground, and his trap is set along the path.

  • Job 5:14
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    14They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • Prov 2:15
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    15Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious.

  • Ps 7:15-16
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    73%

    15Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies.

    16They dig a pit and hollow it out, only to fall into the hole they have made.

  • Job 12:19-20
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    72%

    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.

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

  • Prov 16:30
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    30The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

  • Job 34:25
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    25Because He knows their deeds, He overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.

  • Prov 28:10-11
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    10Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

  • Prov 1:31-32
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    72%

    31Therefore they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.

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

  • Ps 35:8
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    8May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.

  • Ps 33:10
    72%

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

  • Prov 6:14-15
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    14He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he constantly stirs up dissension.

    15Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.

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

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    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?

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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

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    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

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

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    3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

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    71%

    5The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

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    71%

    21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight!

  • Job 22:18
    70%

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

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

  • Ps 9:15
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    15So that I may recount all your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion; I will rejoice in your salvation.

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

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the crooked; whoever guards their soul will stay far from them.

  • Prov 5:22
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    22The wicked will be caught by his own iniquities, and he will be held fast by the cords of his sin.

  • 1 Cor 1:19
    70%

    19For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent I will frustrate.'

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