Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Lest they exalt themselves

Bible References

Grant not

Psalm 27:12
Do not give me over to the will of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing violence.
Psalm 94:20
Can a corrupt throne—
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?
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!”
Job 5:12
He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.

Lest they exalt themselves

Deuteronomy 32:27
if I had not feared insult from the enemy,
or feared that these foes might misunderstand
and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;
it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’”

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