who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the
A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be fil
So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth.
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of
I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall aslee
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intell
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am o
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcer
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the
The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometo
And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and
And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver i
Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both D
The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful,
Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you
As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as on
The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until
When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret i
In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all
So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.