What does Job 17:4 mean?

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• Matthew 13:11

  And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

• 1 Corinthians 1:20

  Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

• 2 Chronicles 25:16

  And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Have we made thee of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

• 2 Samuel 15:31

  And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

• Matthew 11:25

  At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:

• 2 Samuel 17:14

  And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

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