Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Lest they exalt themselves

Bible References

Grant not

Psalm 27:12
Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.
Psalm 94:20
Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises mischief by decree?
2 Samuel 15:31
Now someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.”
Job 5:12
“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

Lest they exalt themselves

Deuteronomy 32:27
Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our hand is triumphant,
And the Lord has not done all this.”’