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Job 18:7

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His strong steps will be constrained, and his own counsel will cast him down uncontrollably.

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Then it was reported to David that Ahithophel also had joined in swearing with Absalom. And David said, " O Lord, I beg you, to uncover the foolishness of the counsel of Ahithophel."

And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.

And the heart of the king of Syria was disturbed over this matter. And calling together his servants, he said, "Why have you not revealed to me the one who is betraying me to the king of Israel?"

Your own mouth will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer you.

When he will be satisfied, he will be constrained; he will seethe, and all anguish will fall upon him.

Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.

Fear the Lord, all you his saints. For there is no destitution for those who fear him.

The justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impiety.

A snare will entangle the iniquitous when he sins. And the just shall praise and be glad.

When you have entered by these, your steps will not be constrained, and when running, you will have no obstacle.

If, indeed, it also has been offered to Assur, as a gift for the Avenging king, confusion will seize Ephraim, and Israel will be confounded by his own will.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And so it has been written: "I will catch the wise in their own astuteness."




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