Job 5:13
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13 He (A)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 For it is written,
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 (B)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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Psalm 18:26
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26 with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with (A)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Psalm 9:15-16
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15 The nations have sunk in (A)the pit that they made;
in (B)the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has made himself (C)known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.[a] Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term
1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For (A)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, (B)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
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Luke 1:51
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51 (A)He has shown strength with his arm;
(B)he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
Psalm 7:15-16
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15 He makes (A)a pit, digging it out,
and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 His (B)mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
Proverbs 3:32
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32 for (A)the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are (B)in his confidence.
Psalm 35:7-8
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7 For (A)without cause (B)they hid their net for me;
without cause they dug (C)a pit for my life.[a]
8 Let (D)destruction come upon him (E)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his destruction!
Footnotes
- Psalm 35:7 The word pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life
Esther 9:25
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25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing (A)that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews (B)should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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Esther 7:10
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10 (A)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. (B)Then the wrath of the king abated.
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Esther 6:4-11
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4 And the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered (A)the outer court of the king's palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on (B)the gallows[a] that he had prepared for him. 5 And the king's young men told him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.” 6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done to the man (C)whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?” 7 And Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, 8 let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, (D)and the horse that the king has ridden, and on whose head (E)a royal crown[b] is set. 9 And let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble officials. Let them dress the man whom the king delights to honor, and let them lead him on the horse through the square of the city, (F)proclaiming before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.’” 10 Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry; take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits (G)at the king's gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned.” 11 So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he dressed Mordecai and led him through the square of the city, proclaiming before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”
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- Esther 6:4 Or wooden beam (see note on 2:23)
- Esther 6:8 Or headdress
2 Samuel 17:23
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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to (A)his own city. He (B)set his house in order and (C)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
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2 Samuel 15:34
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34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, (A)‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
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2 Samuel 15:31
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31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please (A)turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
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