Job 5:13

He captures the wise in their own craftiness, bringing a quick end to their cunning advice.

Psalm 9:15-16

The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is nonsense in God's sight. For it is written, "He catches the wise with their own trickery,"

2 Samuel 15:31

Just then, someone told David, "Ahithophel is one of Absalom's conspirators!" So David prayed, "LORD, please turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness."

2 Samuel 15:34

So go back to the city and tell Absalom, "I'll be your servant, your majesty! Just as I served your father in the past, I can be your servant now.' That way you can manipulate Ahithophel's advice to my benefit.

2 Samuel 17:23

Meanwhile, when Ahithophel observed that his counsel was not being acted upon, he saddled his donkey, got up, and left for his hometown. Leaving behind a set of orders for his household, he hanged himself. After his death he was buried in his father's tomb.

Esther 6:4-11

The king said, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the pole he had set up.

Esther 7:10

The king said, "Hang him on it." So they hanged Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and then the king's anger subsided.

Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he ordered through a letter that the evil plot that Haman had devised against the Jewish people be rescinded, and that he and his sons be hanged on poles.

Psalm 7:15-16

He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.

Psalm 18:26

to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse.

Psalm 35:7-8

Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

Proverbs 3:32

Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.

Luke 1:51

He displayed his mighty power with his arm. He scattered people who were proud in mind and heart.

1 Corinthians 1:19-20

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Of the froward

Bible References

Taketh

2 Samuel 15:31
Just then, someone told David, "Ahithophel is one of Absalom's conspirators!" So David prayed, "LORD, please turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness."
2 Samuel 17:23
Meanwhile, when Ahithophel observed that his counsel was not being acted upon, he saddled his donkey, got up, and left for his hometown. Leaving behind a set of orders for his household, he hanged himself. After his death he was buried in his father's tomb.
Esther 6:4
The king said, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the pole he had set up.
Esther 7:10
The king said, "Hang him on it." So they hanged Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and then the king's anger subsided.
Esther 9:25
But when Esther came before the king, he ordered through a letter that the evil plot that Haman had devised against the Jewish people be rescinded, and that he and his sons be hanged on poles.
Psalm 7:15
He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.
Psalm 9:15
The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.
Psalm 35:7
Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.
Luke 1:51
He displayed his mighty power with his arm. He scattered people who were proud in mind and heart.
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject."

Of the froward

Psalm 18:26
to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse.
Proverbs 3:32
Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.

General references

Genesis 31:22
Three days later, somebody reported to Laban that Jacob had left,
2 Samuel 11:9
But Uriah spent the night sleeping in the alcove of the king's palace in the company of all his master's staff members. He refused to go down to his own home.
Luke 20:8
Then Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I'm doing these things."
John 7:53
Then all of them went to their own homes.
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject."

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