Psalm 140:8
“Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further their evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.
Deuteronomy 32:27
Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our [own] hand has prevailed,
And the Lord has not done all this.”’
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.”
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 10:2-3
In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Psalm 27:12
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.
Psalm 94:20-21
Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Grant not
Lest they exalt themselves
Bible References
Grant not
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.
Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?
“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.
Lest they exalt themselves
Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our [own] hand has prevailed,
And the Lord has not done all this.”’