Job 5:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes.

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  • Neh 4:15 : 15 And it happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their plan to nothing, that we all returned to the wall, each to his work.
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, 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 upholds the righteous.
  • Job 12:16-17 : 16 With Him are strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are His. 17 He leads counselors away plundered, and makes the judges fools.
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 The spirit of Egypt shall fail in its midst; I will destroy its counsel, and they shall seek the idols, the charmers, those with familiar spirits, and the wizards.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and struck down in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, 'Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.'
  • Acts 23:12-22 : 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And there were more than forty who formed this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and elders and said, We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore, you with the council suggest to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more accurately about him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him. 16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul. 17 Then Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, Take this young man to the chief captain, for he has something to tell him. 18 So he took him and brought him to the chief captain and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to tell you. 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went aside privately and asked him, What is it you have to tell me? 20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as though they would inquire somewhat more accurately about him. 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you. 22 So the chief captain let the young man depart and charged him, Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 5:13-14
    2 verses
    86%

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

    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as if it were night.

  • Ps 33:10
    75%

    10The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect.

  • Ps 21:11
    72%

    11For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

  • Job 34:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25Therefore He knows their works, and He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

    26He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others,

  • Job 5:11
    72%

    11To set on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety.

  • Job 12:14-17
    4 verses
    72%

    14Behold, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt: He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.

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

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

    17He leads counselors away plundered, and makes the judges fools.

  • Job 18:7-10
    4 verses
    71%

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

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

    9The trap shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

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

  • Isa 44:25
    71%

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

  • Job 12:19-22
    4 verses
    71%

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 10:2
    70%

    2The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

  • Amos 5:9
    70%

    9That strengthens the plundered against the strong, so that the plundered shall come against the fortress.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    70%

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

  • Isa 31:2
    69%

    2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • Ps 28:5
    69%

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

  • Ps 35:8
    69%

    8Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Job 12:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5He who is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him who is at ease.

    6The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.

  • Job 12:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24He 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.

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

  • Prov 6:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

    15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

  • Prov 16:30
    68%

    30He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Job 38:15
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    15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the upraised arm is broken.

  • Lam 3:35
    68%

    35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

  • Job 9:12
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    12Behold, He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who will say to Him, What are you doing?

  • Job 9:5
    68%

    5He removes the mountains, and they know it not: He overturns them in His anger.

  • Prov 24:8
    68%

    8He who devises to do evil shall be called a schemer.

  • Ps 26:10
    67%

    10in whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Ps 7:15
    67%

    15He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.

  • Lam 2:17
    67%

    17The Lord has done what He had planned; He has fulfilled His word that He commanded in the days of old: He has thrown down, and has not pitied: and He has caused your enemy to rejoice over you, He has exalted the strength of your adversaries.

  • Job 21:16
    67%

    16Indeed, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 15:31
    67%

    31Let not him who is deceived trust in vanity, for emptiness shall be his recompense.

  • Job 24:22
    67%

    22He draws also the mighty with his power; he rises up, and no man is sure of life.

  • Prov 1:31
    67%

    31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

  • Job 11:10
    67%

    10If He passes by, and imprisons, or gathers together, then who can stop Him?

  • Ps 10:5
    67%

    5His ways are always grievous; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

  • Prov 21:12
    67%

    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 1:17
    67%

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

  • Prov 19:3
    67%

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