Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Bible References
Steps
Job 20:22 At the height of his success distress will come to him;
the full weight of misery will crush him.
the full weight of misery
Job 36:16 Indeed, He lured you from the jaws of distress
to a spacious and unconfined place.
Your table was spread with choice food.
to a spacious and unconfined place.
Your table was spread with choice food.
Psalm 18:36 You widen a place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.
and my ankles do not give way.
Proverbs 4:12 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
when you run, you will not stumble.
His own
Job 5:12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.
so that they
2 Samuel 15:31
Then someone reported to David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”
“Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
“Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
2 Samuel 17:14
Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”
Psalm 33:10 The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.
Proverbs 1:30 were not interested in my counsel,
and rejected all my correction,
and rejected all my correction,
Hosea 10:6 The calf itself will be taken to Assyria
as an offering to the great king.
Ephraim will experience shame;
Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.
as an offering to the great king.
Ephraim will experience shame;
Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness;