Job 5:12
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12 He (A)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
Isaiah 8:10
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10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, (A)but it will not stand,
for God (B)is with us.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel
Psalm 21:11
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11 Though they plan evil against you,
though they (A)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
Psalm 33:10-11
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10 The Lord (A)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 (B)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.
Psalm 37:17
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Acts 23:12-22
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A Plot to Kill Paul
12 When it was day, (A)the Jews made a plot and (B)bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. 14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
16 Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered (C)the barracks and told Paul. 17 Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him.” 18 So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, “Paul (D)the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you.” 19 The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?” 20 And he said, (E)“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him. 21 But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who (F)have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.” 22 So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, “Tell no one that you have informed me of these things.”
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Job 12:16-17
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16 With him are strength and (A)sound wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leads (B)counselors away stripped,
and (C)judges he makes fools.
Nehemiah 4:15
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The Work Resumes
15 When our enemies heard that it was known to us (A)and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work.
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Acts 12:11
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11 When Peter (A)came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that (B)the Lord has sent his angel and (C)rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”
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Isaiah 37:36
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36 (A)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
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Isaiah 19:3
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3 and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound[a] their (A)counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and (B)the mediums and the necromancers;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 19:3 Or I will swallow up
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