Psalms 33:10

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The LORD frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 21:11 : 11 Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.
  • Isa 8:9-9 : 9 You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! 10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.
  • Isa 19:11-14 : 11 The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh,“I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?” 12 But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned for Egypt. 13 The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray. 14 The LORD has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.
  • Isa 44:23 : 23 Shout for joy, O sky, for the LORD intervenes; shout out, you subterranean regions of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! For the LORD protects Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel.
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,
  • Ps 140:8 : 8 O LORD, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack!(Selah)
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.
  • Isa 7:5-7 : 5 Syria has plotted with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah to bring about your demise. 6 They say,“Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.” 7 For this reason the Sovereign LORD says:“It will not take place; it will not happen.
  • 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 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said,“The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the LORD had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD could bring disaster on Absalom.
  • Ps 2:1-4 : 1 Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail? 2 The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king. 3 They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!” 4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
  • Exod 1:10-12 : 10 Come, let’s deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.” 11 So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. 12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.
  • 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.
  • 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.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 33:11
    81%

    11The LORD’s decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.

  • Isa 8:10
    77%

    10Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

  • Job 5:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

  • Prov 21:30
    74%

    30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.

  • Isa 40:23
    73%

    23He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

  • Ps 33:9
    73%

    9For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.

  • Prov 19:21
    72%

    21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

  • Nah 1:9
    72%

    9Denunciation and Destruction of Nineveh Whatever you plot against the LORD, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.

  • Ps 10:16
    72%

    16The LORD rules forever! The nations are driven out of his land.

  • Ps 2:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

    2The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king.

    3They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”

  • Lam 2:17
    71%

    17ע(Ayin) The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries’ power.

  • Lam 3:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36to defraud a person in a lawsuit– the Lord does not approve of such things!

    37מ(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?

  • Isa 44:25
    71%

    25who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,

  • Isa 10:7
    71%

    7But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.

  • Isa 23:9
    70%

    9The LORD of Heaven’s Armies planned it– to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

  • Job 12:23-24
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    23He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

    24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.

  • Job 37:12
    70%

    12The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

  • 1 Cor 1:19
    70%

    19For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.”

  • Deut 32:28
    70%

    28They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.

  • Mic 4:12
    70%

    12But they do not know what the LORD is planning; they do not understand his strategy. He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed at the threshing floor.

  • Isa 14:27
    70%

    27Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?

  • Isa 40:17
    70%

    17All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.

  • Prov 16:33
    70%

    33The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the LORD.

  • Isa 28:29
    69%

    29This also comes from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom.

  • Ps 118:10
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    10All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.

  • Job 34:25
    69%

    25Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
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    20And again,“The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

  • Prov 16:3
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    3Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be established.

  • Ps 33:15
    69%

    15He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.

  • Job 12:17
    69%

    17He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

  • Isa 31:2
    68%

    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Ps 46:8
    68%

    8Come! Witness the exploits of the LORD, who brings devastation to the earth!

  • Prov 15:22
    68%

    22Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.

  • Isa 29:20
    68%

    20For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated–

  • Acts 4:25
    68%

    25who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather,‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

  • Isa 46:10
    68%

    10who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’

  • Isa 7:7
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    7For this reason the Sovereign LORD says:“It will not take place; it will not happen.

  • Ps 5:10
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    10Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

  • Ps 9:19
    68%

    19Rise up, LORD! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!

  • Ps 94:11
    68%

    11The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.

  • Prov 16:9
    68%

    9A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Job 18:7
    68%

    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

  • Isa 25:12
    68%

    12The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

  • Jer 10:15
    68%

    15They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

  • Ps 21:11
    67%

    11Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.