Thematic Bible: Confounded


Thematic Bible



So from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city. Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In The NationsWork, Divine And HumanAnger Of God, Examples OfDeparturesScattering The PeoplesCessation

All of them are put to shame, even humiliated;
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
Verse ConceptsdisgraceBeing AshamedShameFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryDisappointmentSolar Eclipse

who destroys the omens of the false prophets
and makes fools of diviners;
who confounds the wise
and makes their knowledge foolishness;
Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligenceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeFalse WisdomFrustrationCounted As Fools

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.
Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work

Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.
Verse ConceptsGrassPlantsTendernessMan As GrassScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

Be sure that all who are enraged against you
will be ashamed and disgraced;
those who contend with you
will become as nothing and will perish.
Verse ConceptsShame Will ComeUnnamed People Angry With Others

But the Lord is with me like a violent warrior.
Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly shamed,
an everlasting humiliation that will never be forgotten.
Verse ConceptsStumblingSuffering, Encouragements InWarriorsNot ForgettingGod With Specific PeopleGod As A WarriorShame Will ComeCauses of failure inMighty in its influenceDisappointmentMotivationadvertisingprospering

He leads counselors away barefoot
and makes judges go mad.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfGod's Attitude To FoolsWisdomFools

He reduces princes to nothing
and makes judges of the earth irrational.
Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeStrength, Divine

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