Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”
He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive.
If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;
They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
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