He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the
But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servan
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometo
“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang