Psalms 33:10

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“The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.”

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BSBPD

“The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 33:10 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 11:8So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
  2. Exodus 1:10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
  3. 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
  4. 2 Samuel 15:34But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
  5. 2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
  6. 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
  7. 2 Kings 6:9Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
  8. Nehemiah 4:9So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
  9. Job 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
  10. Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  11. Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
  12. Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
  13. Psalms 140:8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
  14. Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
  15. Isaiah 7:5For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
  16. Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
  17. Isaiah 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
  18. Isaiah 19:3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
  19. Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
  20. Isaiah 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
  21. Isaiah 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
  22. Jeremiah 19:7And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
  23. Ezekiel 20:32When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.
  24. Malachi 1:4Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

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