For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

And they watched {him}, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, {even} fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring {them} to the house of the LORD.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: {with} flattering lips {and} with a double heart do they speak. {a double...: Heb. an heart and an heart}

{There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do {to me}, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite {is} better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. {appointed: Heb. commanded}

Wickedness {is} in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, {and} who hath seen him there: for it is told me {that} he dealeth very subtilly. {haunt...: Heb. foot shall be}

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; {but} Jehu shall serve him much.

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; {dissembleth: or, is known}

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform {their} enterprise. {their enterprise: or, any thing}

Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the Lord commandeth {it} not?

And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; {the children...: Heb. the sons of the transportation}

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. {bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate}

And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.

And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that {were} a reproach unto us:

And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: {on high...: Heb. in the top of the people}

And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.