Job 17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
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Referenced Verses
- 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 unrstanding 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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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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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.