Nehemiah 4:15

WEB

¹⁵When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

KJV

¹⁵And 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.

BSB

¹⁵When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.

FBV

¹⁵When our enemies discovered that we knew about their plan, and that God had foiled it, we all went back to our work on the wall.

Extra References

2 Samuel 17:14

¹⁴Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.

Romans 12:11

¹¹not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,

Psalms 33:10-11

¹⁰The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. ¹¹The counsel of the LORD stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Isaiah 44:25

²⁵who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

Job 5:12-13

¹²He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise. ¹³He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Proverbs 21:30

³⁰There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

2 Samuel 15:31

³¹Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

Isaiah 8:10

¹⁰Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”

Lamentations 3:37-38

³⁷Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it? ³⁸Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?

Mark 13:34

³⁴“It is like a man traveling to another country, having left his house and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.