Job 17:4

God's Word

You have closed their minds so that they cannot understand. That is why you will not honor them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

Then David was told, “Ahithophel is among those conspiring with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, make Ahithophel’s advice foolish.”

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the people of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai from Archi’s family is better than Ahithophel’s advice.” (The Lord had commanded Ahithophel’s good advice to be defeated in order to ruin Absalom.)

2 Chronicles 25:16

As he was talking, the king asked him, “Did we make you an adviser to the king? Stop! Do you want me to have you killed?” The prophet stopped. He said, “I know that God has decided to destroy you because you did this, but you refuse to listen to my advice.”

Job 12:20

He makes trusted advisers unable to speak and takes away the good judgment of respected leaders.

Job 17:5

(Whoever turns in friends to get their property should have his children’s eyesight fail.)

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord mixes up their minds. So they lead the Egyptians astray like a drunk who staggers in his vomit.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from wise and intelligent people and revealing them to little children.

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “Knowledge about the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you. But it has not been given to the crowd.

Romans 11:8

as Scripture says, “To this day God has given them a spirit of deep sleep. Their eyes don’t see, and their ears don’t hear!”

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the persuasive speaker of our time? Hasn’t God turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense?