Job 12:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

He leads counselors away plundered, and makes the judges fools.

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  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, 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.
  • Job 3:14 : 14 With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;
  • Job 9:24 : 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: He covers the faces of its judges; if it is not He, then who is it?
  • Isa 19:12-14 : 12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools; the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they who are the foundation of its tribes. 14 The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in its midst, and they have caused Egypt to err in every work, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

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  • Job 12:18-25
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    18 He loosens the bonds of kings, and girds their loins with a belt.

    19 He leads princes away plundered, and overthrows the mighty.

    20 He removes the speech of the trusted, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

    21 He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.

    22 He reveals deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

    23 He increases the nations, and destroys them: He enlarges the nations, and shrinks them again.

    24 He takes away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

    25 They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

  • Job 12:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15 Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up: also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

    16 With Him are strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are His.

  • Job 5:12-13
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    12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes.

    13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.

  • 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • 23 Who brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity.

  • 13 With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.

  • 25 Who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

  • 3 The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.

  • 7 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a bribe destroys the heart.

  • 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • 3 Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • 40 He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

    8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 14 With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;

  • 16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • 12 And it turns around by his counsel, so that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in the earth.

  • 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.

  • 24 Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • 3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom? And how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?

  • 21 Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • 7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • 10 Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • 24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • 23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • 26 A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.

  • 11 A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • 17 But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • 18 Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his elders wisdom.

  • 23 It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • 17 That He may withdraw man from his purpose and hide pride from man.

  • 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

  • 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • 11 Then his mind changes, and he transgresses; he commits offense, ascribing this power to his god.

  • 23 If the scourge slays suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

  • 16 Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • 22 For a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he is filled with food;

  • 10 Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.

  • 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?