Proverbs 26:27

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;

According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!

The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.

Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

“Therefore don’t pray for this people. Don’t lift up a cry or prayer for them or make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.

But if they are prophets, and if Yahweh’s word is with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are left in Yahweh’s house, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon.

Therefore Yahweh says: “You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim to you a liberty,” says Yahweh, “to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine. I will make you be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.

because you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.

Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”

He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening. At sundown, Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised a great heap of stones on it that remains to this day.

Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

I have also made a decree that whoever alters this message, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened on it; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.

A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves.

You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.

for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!

Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms,

Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?

then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You shall not go into Egypt to live there;’

The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.”