Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Bringeth

General references

Bible References

The lord

Psalm 2:1
Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Exodus 1:10
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they will not multiply and in the event of war, join our enemies, and fight against us and escape from the land.”
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.”
2 Samuel 17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster upon Absalom.
Job 5:12

“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.
Proverbs 21:30

There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.
Isaiah 7:5
Because Aram, along with Ephraim (Israel) and the son of Remaliah, have planned evil against you (Judah), saying,
Isaiah 8:9

“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered!
Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries.
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered;
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.
Isaiah 19:3

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become exhausted within them and emptied out;
And I will confuse their strategy,
So that they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
And mediums and soothsayers.
Isaiah 44:23

Shout for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!
Shout in triumph, you depths of the earth;
Break forth into jubilant rejoicing, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And He shows His glory in Israel.

Bringeth

Isaiah 44:25

Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of fortune-tellers,
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,

He maketh

Psalm 21:11

For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.
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.

General references

John 7:53
[And everyone went to his own house.