Job 18:7

“His vigorous stride is shortened,
And his own scheme brings him down.

Proverbs 4:12

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;
And if you run, you will not stumble.

2 Samuel 15:31

Now someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.”

Then 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 to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity on Absalom.

Job 5:12-13

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

Job 15:6

“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.

Job 20:22

“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

Job 36:16

“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress,
Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;
And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.

Psalm 18:36

You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Proverbs 1:30-32

“They would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.

Hosea 10:6

The thing itself will be carried to Assyria
As tribute to King Jareb;
Ephraim will be seized with shame
And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Job 18:7

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

Steps

His own

1 Corinthians 3:19

Bible References

Steps

“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress,
Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;
And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.

You enlarge my steps under me,
And my

feet have not slipped.

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;
And if you run, you will not stumble.

His own

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

Now someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.”

The Lord

nullifies the counsel of the nations;

He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

“They would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.

The thing itself will be carried to Assyria
As tribute to

King Jareb;

Ephraim will be seized with shame
And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;