Isaiah 19:3
“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become exhausted within them and emptied out;
And I will confuse their strategy,
So that they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
And mediums and soothsayers.
Isaiah 8:19
When the people [instead of trusting God] say to you, “Consult the mediums [who try to talk to the dead] and the soothsayers who chirp and whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Daniel 2:2
Then the king gave a command to call the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the
1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his
1 Samuel 25:37
But in the morning, when
2 Samuel 15:31
David was told, “Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
2 Samuel 17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster upon Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23
Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out and went to his home, to his city. Then he put his household in order, and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
2 Chronicles 25:16-20
As he was talking, the king said to him, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop! Why should you be put to death?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has decided to destroy you because you have done this and have ignored my advice.”
Job 5:12-13
“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.
Psalm 76:12
He will cut off the spirit of princes;
He is awesome and feared by the kings of the earth.
Psalm 107:27
They staggered and trembled like a drunken man,
And were at their wits’ end [all their wisdom was useless].
Proverbs 21:30
There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.
Isaiah 14:27
For the Lord of hosts has decided and planned, and who can annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
Isaiah 15:2
They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba;
Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].
Isaiah 19:1
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Isaiah 19:11-13
The princes of
The counsel of the Pharaoh’s wisest advisors has become stupid.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?”
Isaiah 44:25
Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
Isaiah 47:12
“Persist, then, [Babylon] in your enchantments
And your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit [from them],
Perhaps you may prevail and cause trembling.
Isaiah 57:16
“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have created.
Jeremiah 46:15
“Why have your strong ones been cut down?
They do not stand because the Lord drove them away.
Ezekiel 21:7
And when they say to you, ‘Why do you sigh and groan?’ you shall answer, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt and all hands will be frail, and every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ says the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 22:14
Can your heart (courage) endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and will act.
Daniel 4:6-7
So I gave orders to bring in before me all the wise men of Babylon, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
Daniel 5:7
The king called aloud to bring in the enchanters (Magi), the Chaldeans [who were master astrologers] and the diviners. The king said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever can read this writing and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold put around his neck, and have authority as the
1 Corinthians 3:19-20
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (absurdity, stupidity) before God; for it is written [in Scripture], “[He is] The one who catches the wise and clever in their craftiness;”
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The spirit
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have created.
He will cut off the spirit of princes;
He is awesome and feared by the kings of the earth.
“Why have your strong ones been cut down?
They do not stand because the Lord drove them away.
And i
“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.
There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.
And they
They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba;
Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].
Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
“Persist, then, [Babylon] in your enchantments
And your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit [from them],
Perhaps you may prevail and cause trembling.
General references
“Persist, then, [Babylon] in your enchantments
And your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit [from them],
Perhaps you may prevail and cause trembling.
And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”