Nehemiah 4:15
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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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Romans 12:11
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11 Do not be slothful in zeal, (A)be fervent in spirit,[a] (B)serve the Lord.
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- Romans 12:11 Or fervent in the Spirit
2 Samuel 17:14
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14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” (A)For the Lord had ordained[a] to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
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- 2 Samuel 17:14 Hebrew commanded
Isaiah 44:25
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25 who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
(A)who turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,
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.
Job 5:12-13
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12 He (A)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He (B)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
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11 and to aspire (A)to live quietly, and (B)to mind your own affairs, and (C)to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
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1 Corinthians 3:19-20
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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,” 20 and again, (C)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
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Mark 13:34
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34 (A)It is like a man (B)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants[a] in charge, (C)each with his work, and commands (D)the doorkeeper to stay awake.
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- Mark 13:34 Or bondservants
Lamentations 3:37-38
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37 (A)Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 (B)Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
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]
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- Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel
Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.
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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