12 (A)He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.

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10 (A)The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
11 (B)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.

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11 For they intended evil against You;
They devised a plot which they are not able to (A)perform.

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10 (A)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, (B)but it will not stand,
(C)For [a]God is with us.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:10 Heb. Immanuel

30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.

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17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the Lord upholds the righteous.

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Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death(A)

36 Then the (B)angel[a] of the Lord went out, and [b]killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 37:36 Or Angel
  2. Isaiah 37:36 Lit. struck

11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that (A)the Lord has sent His angel, and (B)has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.”

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15 And it happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and (A)that God had brought their plot to nothing, that all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

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12 And when it was day, (A)some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had (B)killed Paul. 13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and (C)elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you [a]tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

16 So 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 commander, for he has something to tell him.” 18 So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.”

19 Then the commander took him by the hand, went aside, and asked privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”

20 And he said, (D)“The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire more fully about him. 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”

22 So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”

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  1. Acts 23:15 NU omits tomorrow

16 With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.

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The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will (A)consult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.

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