Job 5:13

Geneva Bible (1560)

He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken. 16 The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 Hee hath shewed strength with his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisedome of the wise, and will cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the Scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolishnesse?
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.
  • Ps 18:26 : 26 With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the froward thou wilt shewe thy selfe froward.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause they haue hid the pit & their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule. 8 Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 Then one tolde Dauid, saying, Ahithophel is one of them that haue cospired with Absalom: and Dauid sayde, O Lorde, I pray thee, turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnesse.
  • 2 Sam 15:34 : 34 But if thou returne to the citie, and say vnto Absalom, I wil be thy seruant, O King, (as I haue bene in time past thy fathers seruant, so will I now be thy seruant) then thou mayest bring me the counsell of Ahithophel to nought.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 Nowe when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and he went home vnto his citie, and put his houshold in order, & hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buryed in his fathers graue.
  • Esth 6:4-9 : 4 And the King sayde, Who is in the court? (Now Haman was come into the inner court of the Kings house, that he might speake vnto the King to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him.) 5 And the Kings seruants said vnto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court; the King sayd, Let him come in. 6 And when Haman came in, the King saide vnto him, What shalbe done vnto ye man, whom the King will honour? Then Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the King do honour more then to me? 7 And Haman answered the King, The man whome the King would honour, 8 Let them bring for him royall apparell, which the King vseth to weare, and the horse that the King rideth vpon, and that the crowne royall may be set vpon his head. 9 And let the raiment and the horse be deliuered by the hand of one of the Kings most noble princes, & let them apparel the man (whome the King will honour) and cause him to ride vpon the horse thorow the streete of the citie, and proclayme before him, Thus shall it be done vnto the man, whome the King will honour. 10 Then the King said to Haman, Make haste, take the rayment and the horse as thou hast said, and doe so vnto Mordecai the Iewe, that sitteth at the Kings gate: let nothing fayle of all that thou hast spoken. 11 So Haman tooke the rayment and the horse, and arayed Mordecai, and brought him on horse backe thorowe the streete of the citie, and proclaymed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the King will honour.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 And when she came before the King, he commanded by letters, Let this wicked deuise (which he imagined against the Iewes) turne vpon his owne head, and let them hang him and his sonnes on the tree.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made. 16 His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, & his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 5:12
    86%

    12He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18Let no man deceiue himselfe: If any man among you seeme to be wise in this world, let him be a foole, that he may be wise.

    19For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.

    20And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoughtes of the wise be vaine.

  • Job 12:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.

    17He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.

  • Job 18:7-10
    4 verses
    77%

    7The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.

    8For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.

    9The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.

    10A snare is layed for him in the ground, and a trappe for him in the way.

  • Job 5:14
    77%

    14They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.

  • Prov 14:8
    74%

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Isa 44:25
    73%

    25I destroy the tokens of ye southsayers, and make them that coniecture, fooles, and turne the wise men backwarde, and make their knowledge foolishnesse.

  • Isa 31:2
    73%

    2But he yet is wisest: therefore he wil bring euill, and not turne backe his worde, but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the helpe of them that worke vanitie.

  • Prov 12:15
    73%

    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

  • Prov 2:15
    73%

    15Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.

  • Ps 7:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made.

    16His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, & his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.

  • Job 12:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.

    20He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Prov 16:30
    72%

    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.

    6The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.

  • Job 34:25
    72%

    25Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turne the night, & they shalbe destroyed.

  • Prov 28:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

    11The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.

  • Prov 1:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31Therefore shal they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.

    32For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

  • Ps 35:8
    72%

    8Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.

  • Ps 33:10
    72%

    10The Lorde breaketh the counsell of the heathen, and bringeth to nought the deuices of the people.

  • Prov 6:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

    15Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Jer 8:9
    71%

    9The wise men are ashamed: they are afraid and taken. loe, they haue reiected the word of the Lorde, and what wisdome is in them?

  • Prov 21:12
    71%

    12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • Ps 10:2
    71%

    2The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Job 5:3
    71%

    3I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,

  • Prov 12:5
    71%

    5The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.

  • Isa 5:21
    71%

    21Woe vnto them that are wise in their owne eyes, and prudent in their owne sight.

  • Job 22:18
    70%

    18Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Ps 9:15
    70%

    15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.

  • Ps 36:3
    70%

    3The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.

  • Prov 5:22
    70%

    22His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.

  • 1 Cor 1:19
    70%

    19For it is written, I will destroy the wisedome of the wise, and will cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent.

  • Prov 13:16
    70%

    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.