Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Taketh
Of the froward
General references
Bible References
Taketh
2 Samuel 15:31
Now David had been told, "Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, "Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!"
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.
Esther 6:4
Then the king said, "Who is that in the courtyard?" Now Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had constructed for him.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king's rage then abated.
Esther 9:25
But when the matter came to the king's attention, the king gave written orders that Haman's evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.
Psalm 7:15
he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.
Psalm 9:15
The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
Psalm 35:7
I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.
Luke 1:51
He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."
Of the froward
Psalm 18:26
You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.
Proverbs 3:32
for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
General references
Genesis 31:22
Three days later Laban discovered Jacob had left.
2 Samuel 11:9
But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.
Luke 20:8
Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things."
John 7:53
[[And each one departed to his own house.
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."