Job 5:13 Cross References - Thomson

¹³ Who entangleth the wise in their wisdom, and defeateth the counsel of the artful.

³¹ And when it was told David that Achitophel was among the conspirators with Abessalom, David said, Confound, I beseech thee, Lord my God, the counsel of Achitophel.

³⁴ but if thou return to the city, and wilt say to Abessalom, Thy brothers are gone, and the king thy father is gone, and hath left me behind, now therefore, I am thy servant, king. Let me live. I have been thy father's servant hitherto; but now I am thy servant: thou mayst baffle for me the counsel of Achitophel.

²³ was not one left, who had not crossed the Jordan. Now when Achitophel saw that his advice was not taken, he saddled his ass, and arose, and went to his house to his own city, and having given orders to his household he strangled himself, and died, and was buried in his father's tomb.

⁴ And while the king was making inquiry concerning Mordecai's fidelity behold Haman was in the court. And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come to speak to the king, that he might order Mordecai to be hanged on the gallows which he had prepared. ⁵ So the king's servants said, Behold Haman is standing in the court, and the king said, Call him in. ⁶ And the king said to Haman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honour? Upon this Haman said to himself, Whom doth the king wish to honour but me? ⁷ So he said to the king, With regard to the man whom the king wisheth to honour, ⁸ Let the king's servants bring out the royal robes with which the king is arrayed, and the horse on which the king rideth, and give them to one of the most honourable of the king's friends, ⁹ and let him array the man whom the king loveth, and mount him on the horse, and make proclamation through the street of the city saying, Thus shall it be done to every man whom the king honoureth. ¹⁰ Then the king said to Haman, Thou hast spoken well, Do thou so to Mordecai the Jew, who is an attendant in the court. Let nothing be omitted of what thou hast spoken. ¹¹ So Haman took the robe and the horse, and having arrayed Mordecai he mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city and made proclamation saying, Thus shall it be done to every man whom the king wisheth to honour.

¹⁰ So Haman was hanged on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king's anger was appeased.

²⁵ and as he went to the king with an intention to hang Mordecai, but all the evils he endeavoured to bring on the Jews, fell upon himself, and he and his sons were hanged;

¹⁵ he hath digged a pit and covered it: into the pit which he made he will fall: ¹⁶ his mischief will return on his own head; on his own head his injustice will come down.

¹⁵ The nations were completely entrapped by the destruction which they contrived; in the gin which they hid, their foot is caught. ¹⁶ The Lord is known by executing judgments; by the works of his own hands the sinner is taken.

²⁶ and with a harmless man thou wilt be harmless; with a warrior thou wilt be a warrior, and with the wily, thou wilt practise wiles.

⁷ Seeing they have without cause, hid for me their destructive snare; have, without reason, reproached my soul; ⁸ let a snare, which they know not, come upon them, and the gin catch them, which they have hidden; and by that very snare let them fall.

³² For every transgressor is impure in the sight of the Lord; and among the righteous he taketh not a seat.

⁵¹ With his arm he hath displayed strength. He hath scattered them who were elated with the imagination of their heart.

¹⁹ For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and abolish the understanding of the prudent." ²⁰ Where is the wise? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this age? Hath not God shewn the wisdom of this world to be folly?

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is written, He entangleth the wise in their craft."