Job 17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
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- 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 ¶ And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
- 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
- Isa 19:14 : 14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken [man] staggereth in his vomit.
- Matt 11:25 : 25 ¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, ‹I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.›
- Matt 13:11 : 11 He answered and said unto them, ‹Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.›
- Rom 11:8 : 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
- 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.
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19 ¶ [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
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13 Hide them in the dust together; [and] bind their faces in secret.
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18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
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5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
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4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
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10 Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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12 ‹That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and› [their] ‹sins should be forgiven them.›
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2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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28 For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.
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4 Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God.
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17 That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man.
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15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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14 From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
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22 For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
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40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
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10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
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8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
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10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.
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21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
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33 ¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
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11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
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65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
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13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
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20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
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2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;
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17 And the way of peace have they not known:
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17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths.
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12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
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21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.
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3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
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18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it]:
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4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
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17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
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13 And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this [is] with thee.
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18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
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6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.
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5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
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10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
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24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart.
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2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
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13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
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8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
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13 ‹Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.›