2 Samuel 15:31
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31 Then someone reported to David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”
“Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”(A)
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2 Samuel 15:31
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31 Now David had been told, “Ahithophel(A) is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
Job 5:12-14
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12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they[a] achieve no success.
13 He traps the wise in their craftiness
so that the plans of the deceptive
are quickly brought to an end.(A)
14 They encounter darkness by day,
and they grope at noon
as if it were night.(B)
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- Job 5:12 Lit their hands
Job 5:12-14
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Psalm 33:10
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10 The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.(A)
Psalm 33:10
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Isaiah 29:14
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14 therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.(A)
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,(B)
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.
Isaiah 29:14
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Jeremiah 51:57
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57 I will make her princes and sages drunk,
along with her governors, officials, and warriors.
Then they will fall asleep forever
and never wake up.(A)
This is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.(B)
1 Corinthians 1:20
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20 Where is the philosopher?[a] Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age?(A) Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?
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- 1 Corinthians 1:20 Or wise
1 Corinthians 1:20
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20 Where is the wise person?(A) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(B) Has not God made foolish(C) the wisdom of the world?
1 Corinthians 1:27
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27 Instead, God has chosen(A) what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.
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27 But God chose(A) the foolish(B) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
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