Job 17:11

Job Says To His Friends: I'M Still Wiser Than You

¹⁰ “But come again all of you now,
For I do not find a wise man among you.
¹¹ “My days are past, my plans are torn apart,
Even the wishes of my heart.
¹² “They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

Job

Job 7:6

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And come to an end without hope.

Job 9:25-26

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.

Proverbs 16:9

The mind of man plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in a man’s heart,
But the counsel of the Lord will stand.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Isaiah 8:10

“Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;
State a proposal, but it will not stand,
For God is with us.”

Isaiah 38:10

I said, “In the middle of my life
I am to enter the gates of Sheol;
I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.”

Lamentations 3:37

Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?

Romans 1:13

I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 1:15-17

In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing;

James 4:13-15

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”