"He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise."
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With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.