Job 17:4

The English Standar Version

Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

And it was told David, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained[4] to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring harm upon Absalom.

2 Chronicles 25:16

But as he was speaking, the king said to him, "Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" So the prophet stopped, but said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."

Job 12:20

He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.

Job 17:5

He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property -- the eyes of his children will fail.

Isaiah 19:14

The LORD has mingled within her a spirit of confusion, and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;

Matthew 13:11

And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Romans 11:8

as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day."

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?