Job 5:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

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  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden. 16 The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written,“He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
  • Ps 18:26 : 26 You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me. 8 Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 Now David had been told,“Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed,“Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O LORD.
  • 2 Sam 15:34 : 34 But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom,‘I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father’s servant, and now I will be your servant.’
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.
  • Esth 6:4-9 : 4 Then the king said,“Who is that in the courtyard?” Now Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had constructed for him. 5 The king’s attendants said to him,“It is Haman who is standing in the courtyard.” The king said,“Let him enter.” 6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him,“What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself,“Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?” 7 So Haman said to the king,“For the man whom the king wishes to honor, 8 let them bring royal attire which the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden– one bearing the royal insignia! 9 Then let this clothing and this horse be given to one of the king’s noble officials. Let him then clothe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him lead him about through the plaza of the city on the horse, calling before him,‘So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!’” 10 The king then said to Haman,“Go quickly! Take the clothing and the horse, just as you have described, and do as you just indicated to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king’s gate. Don’t neglect a single thing of all that you have said.” 11 So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai. He led him about on the horse throughout the plaza of the city, calling before him,“So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!”
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king gave written orders that Haman’s evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made. 16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

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    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

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    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.