Job 5:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.

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  • Neh 4:15 : 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 ¶ [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
  • Job 12:16-17 : 16 With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and [from] all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
  • Acts 23:12-22 : 12 ¶ And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. 16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. 17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto [him], and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. 18 So he took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto [him], and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went [with him] aside privately, and asked [him], What is that thou hast to tell me? 20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. 21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. 22 So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart, and charged [him, See thou] tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.

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    13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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    10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

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    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

  • Job 34:25-26
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    25Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.

    26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

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    11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

  • Job 12:14-17
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    14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

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  • Job 18:7-10
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    7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

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    10The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Isa 44:25
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    25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

  • Job 12:19-22
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    71%

    19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

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    21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

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    2The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • Ps 28:5
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    5Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

  • Ps 35:8
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    8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Job 12:5-6
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    5He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

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    24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way.

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    17The LORD hath done [that] which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused [thine] enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

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    10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

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    5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

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    17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.