Job 5:13
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13 He catches the (A)wise in their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.
1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, (A)“He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;
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Psalm 9:15-16
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15 (A)The [a]nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
16 The Lord is (B)known by the judgment He executes;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
(C)Meditation.[b] Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:15 Gentiles
- Psalm 9:16 Heb. Higgaion
Luke 1:51
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51 (A)He has shown strength with His arm;
(B)He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Psalm 18:26
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26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And (A)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 For it is written:
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
20 (B)Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the [a]disputer of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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- 1 Corinthians 1:20 debater
Psalm 7:15-16
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15 He made a pit and dug it out,
(A)And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 (B)His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on [a]his own crown.
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:16 The crown of his own head
Psalm 35:7-8
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7 For without cause they have (A)hidden their net for me in a pit,
Which they have dug without cause for my life.
8 [a]Let (B)destruction come upon him unexpectedly,
And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
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- Psalm 35:8 Lit. Let destruction he does not know come upon him,
Esther 9:25
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25 but (A)when [a]Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that [b]this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should (B)return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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- Esther 9:25 Lit. she or it
- Esther 9:25 Lit. his
Esther 7:10
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10 So (A)they (B)hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
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2 Samuel 15:31
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31 Then someone told David, saying, (A)“Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, (B)turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
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Proverbs 3:32
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32 For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord,
(A)But His secret counsel is with the upright.
Esther 6:4-11
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4 So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered (A)the outer court of the king’s palace (B)to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 The king’s servants said to him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.”
And the king said, “Let him come in.”
6 So Haman came in, and the king asked him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?”
Now Haman thought in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than (C)me?” 7 And Haman answered the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, 8 let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn, and (D)a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal [a]crest placed on its head. 9 Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then [b]parade him on horseback through the city square, (E)and proclaim 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 robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the king’s gate! Leave nothing undone of all that you have spoken.”
11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”
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- Esther 6:8 crown
- Esther 6:9 Lit. cause him to ride
2 Samuel 17:23
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23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to (A)his house, to his city. Then he [a]put his (B)household in order, and (C)hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.
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- 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit. gave charge concerning his house
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 was your father’s servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,’ then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
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