Psalm 33:10
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10 The Lord (A)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Psalm 21:11
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11 Though they plan evil against you,
though they (A)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
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.
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,
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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Isaiah 8:9-10
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9 Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, (B)but it will not stand,
for God (C)is with us.[c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
- Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
- Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel
Psalm 2:1-4
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The Reign of the Lord's Anointed
2 (A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble
Psalm 140:8
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8 (A)Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
do not further their[a] evil plot, or (B)they will be exalted! Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 140:8 Hebrew his
Psalm 9:15
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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.
Isaiah 7:5-7
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5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and (A)the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, 6 “Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it[a] for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7 thus says the Lord God:
(B)“‘It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 7:6 Hebrew let us split it open
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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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
Isaiah 44:23
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23 (A)Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;
shout, O (B)depths of the earth;
break forth into singing, O mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
(C)and will be glorified[a] in Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:23 Or will display his beauty
Exodus 1:10-12
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10 (A)Come, (B)let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (C)to afflict them with heavy (D)burdens. They built for Pharaoh (E)store cities, Pithom and (F)Raamses. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.
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Isaiah 19:11-14
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11 The princes of (A)Zoan are utterly foolish;
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
12 Where then are your (B)wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
13 The princes of (C)Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of (D)Memphis are deluded;
those who are the (E)cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.
14 The Lord has mingled within her (F)a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
(G)as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
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
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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