Job 5:12

New International Reader's Version

He stops the evil plans of those who are clever. The work of their hands doesn’t succeed.

Cross References

Genesis 31:22

On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had run away.

2 Samuel 11:9

But Uriah didn’t go home. Instead, he slept at the entrance to the palace. He stayed there with all his master’s servants.

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the men of Israel agreed. They said, “The advice of Hushai, the Arkite, is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” The Lord had decided that Ahithophel’s good advice would fail. The Lord wanted to bring horrible trouble on Absalom.

2 Kings 6:9

Elisha, the man of God, sent a message to the king of Israel. Elisha said, “Try to stay away from that place. Aram’s army is going to be down there.”

Nehemiah 4:15

Our enemies heard that we knew what they were trying to do. They heard that God had blocked their evil plans. So all of us returned to the wall. Each of us did our own work.

Nehemiah 4:9

But we prayed to our God. We put guards on duty day and night to watch out for danger.

Job 15:5

Your sin makes you say evil things. You talk like people who twist the truth.

Psalm 21:11

Your enemies make evil plans against you. They think up evil things to do. But they can’t succeed.

Psalm 37:17

The power of those who are evil will be broken. But the Lord takes good care of those who do what is right.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, wise saying or plan can succeed against the Lord.

Proverbs 22:12

The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge. But he does away with the words of those who aren’t faithful.

Isaiah 19:3

The people of Egypt will lose hope. I will keep them from doing what they plan to do. They will ask their gods for advice. They will turn to the spirits of dead people for help. They will go to people who get messages from those who have died. They will ask for advice from people who talk to the spirits of the dead.

Isaiah 37:36

Then the angel of the Lord went into the camp of the Assyrians. He put to death 185,000 soldiers there. The people of Jerusalem got up the next morning. They looked out and saw all the dead bodies.

Isaiah 44:25

“Some prophets are not really prophets at all. I show that their signs are fake. I make those who practice evil magic look foolish. I destroy the learning of those who think they are wise. Their knowledge does not make any sense at all.

Isaiah 8:10

Make your battle plans! But you won’t succeed. Give your orders! But they won’t be carried out. That’s because God is with us.

Jeremiah 49:7

Here is what the Lord says about Edom. The Lord who rules over all says, “Isn’t there wisdom in the town of Teman anymore? Can’t those who are wise give advice? Has their wisdom disappeared completely?

Jeremiah 8:8

“ ‘ “How can you people say, ‘We are wise. We have the law of the Lord’? Actually, the teachers of the law have told lies about it. Their pens have not written what is true.

Obadiah 1:8

Here is what the Lord announces. “At that time I will destroy the wise men of Edom. I will wipe out the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau.

Acts 12:11

Then Peter realized what had happened. He said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent his angel. He set me free from Herod’s power. He saved me from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

1 Samuel 23:13

So David and his men left Keilah. The total number of them was about 600. They kept moving from place to place. Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah. So he didn’t go there.