Job 17:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You will 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 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.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have you been made of the king's counsel? Stop; why should you be struck down? Then the prophet stopped, but said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.
  • Isa 19:14 : 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.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 He replied, Because it is given to 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 has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day.
  • 1 Cor 1:20 : 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?

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    13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

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    5He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

  • Deut 32:28
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    28For they are a nation void of counsel, nor is there any understanding in them.

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    4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

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

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    14From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies.

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