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Psalms 33:10

Psalms 33:10 is verse 10 of Psalms chapter 33, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

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Psalms 33:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.

9 For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.

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

11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 2:1

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalms 2:2

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

Psalms 2:3

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

Psalms 2:4

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Psalms 9:15

The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

Exodus 1:10

Come, 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.”

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

2 Samuel 15:31

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

2 Samuel 15:34

But 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.’

2 Samuel 17:14

Then 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.

2 Samuel 17:23

When 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.

Job 5:12

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

Isaiah 7:5

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

Isaiah 7:6

‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

Isaiah 7:7

But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.

Isaiah 8:9

Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

Isaiah 8:10

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

Isaiah 19:3

Then 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.

Isaiah 19:11

The 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”?

Isaiah 19:12

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

Isaiah 19:14

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

Isaiah 44:23

Sing 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.

Isaiah 44:25

who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

Psalms 21:11

Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

Psalms 140:8

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

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