Job 5:12

God's Word

He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.

Cross References

Genesis 31:22

Two days later Laban was told that Jacob had left in a hurry.

2 Samuel 11:9

But Uriah slept at the entrance of the royal palace among his superior’s mercenaries. He didn’t go home.

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 Kings 6:9

So the man of God would send a message to the king of Israel, “Be careful not to go by that place. The Arameans are hiding there.”

Nehemiah 4:15

When our enemies heard that we knew about their plots and that God had prevented their plans from being successful, we all went back to the work on the wall. Each person performed his own job.

Nehemiah 4:9

But we prayed to our God and set guards to protect us day and night.

Job 15:5

Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose ⌞to talk with⌟ a sly tongue.

Psalm 21:11

Although they scheme and plan evil against you, they will not succeed.

Psalm 37:17

The arms of wicked people will be broken, but the Lord continues to support righteous people.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, and no advice ⌞can stand up⌟ against the Lord.

Proverbs 22:12

The Lord’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he overturns the words of a treacherous person.

Isaiah 19:3

The Egyptians will lose courage. I will unravel their plans. They will turn to idols, ghosts, mediums, and fortunetellers.

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⌞soldiers⌟ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.

Isaiah 44:25

I cause the signs of false prophets to fail and make fools of fortunetellers. I make wise men retreat and turn their knowledge into foolishness.

Isaiah 8:10

Make plans for battle, but they will never succeed. Give orders, but they won’t be carried out, because God is with us!

Jeremiah 49:7

This is what the Lord of Armies says about Edom: Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has wisdom disappeared from your people? Has their wisdom vanished?

Jeremiah 8:8

“ ‘How can you say that you are wise and that you have the Lord’s teachings? The scribes have used their pens to turn these teachings into lies.

Obadiah 1:8

“On that day I will destroy the wise people in Edom and take wisdom away from Esau’s mountain,” declares the Lord.

Acts 12:11

When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I’m sure that the Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people are expecting to happen to me.”

1 Samuel 23:13

So David and his men, about six hundred  in all, left Keilah. They went wherever they could go. Then Saul was told, “David has escaped from Keilah!” So he gave up the campaign.