Isaiah 44:25

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Cross-reference

In Isaiah 47:12-14, Babylon's sorcerers are shown powerless — a specific embodiment of the diviners God frustrates here.

Isaiah 29:14 declares God will make the wisdom of the wise perish — directly echoing the same promise as here.

Isaiah 19:11-14 already described God making Egypt's wise advisers foolish — a close thematic parallel within Isaiah.

Isaiah 47:13 mocks Babylon's astrologers who cannot save — God frustrates those who trust in divination.

Isaiah 19:3 Parallel

Isaiah 19:3 says God will confound Egypt's counsel and they turn to diviners — directly parallels frustrating wise men and diviners.

In 1 Corinthians 3:20, the Lord knows the thoughts of the wise are futile—parallel to God turning wise men back.

In 1 Corinthians 3:19, the wisdom of this world is folly with God, citing Job—parallel theme to Isaiah 44:25.

In 1 Corinthians 1:20-27, God made foolish the wisdom of the world—a NT echo of the same principle.

Daniel 5:6-8 again has Babylonian wise men unable to read the handwriting — God turns their knowledge into nonsense.

Daniel 4:7 Parallel

Daniel 4:7 repeats the failure of magicians and diviners to interpret Nebuchadnezzar's dream — God makes their wisdom useless.

Daniel 2:10-12 recounts how Babylonian astrologers failed to reveal the dream, leading to their execution — God confounds their knowledge.

Jeremiah 50:36 echoes this same judgment: a sword against false prophets, making them fools — directly parallel to God confounding diviners here.

Psalm 33:10 Parallel

In Psalm 33:10, the LORD brings the counsel of nations to nothing—a general parallel to God frustrating wise men.

In Job 5:12-14, God frustrates the crafty and catches the wise in their schemes—a direct parallel to Isaiah's statement.

1 Kings 22:22-25 shows a lying spirit sent and Micaiah struck — God actively frustrating false prophets.

In 2 Samuel 17:23, Ahithophel's wise counsel is rejected and he hangs himself—a concrete example of God turning wise men back.

Nehemiah 4:15 explicitly says God frustrated the enemy's plan — a direct parallel to God frustrating liars and diviners.

Numbers 23:8 shows Balaam, a diviner, unable to curse Israel — God frustrates the plans of false prophets.

Micah 3:7 Parallel

In Micah 3:7, seers and diviners are shamed, echoing the same divine judgment against false prophets.

Daniel 5:7 Parallel

In Daniel 5:7, the magicians are called to interpret the writing but fail, another instance of God confounding the wise.

Daniel 2:27 Parallel

In Daniel 2:27, Daniel states the wise men cannot declare the secret, directly fulfilling God's action of frustrating their signs.

Daniel 2:9 Parallel

In Daniel 2:9, the king accuses the wise men of lying, showing God exposing their false claims and making their wisdom appear foolish.

Ezekiel 21:29 condemns false visions and lying divinations — God frustrates false prophets as in Isaiah 44:25.

Jeremiah 50:35 pronounces a sword against Babylon's wise men — God frustrates them through judgment.

2 Samuel 15:31 records David's prayer that God turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness — a specific example of this principle.

Exodus 9:11 Typology

Exodus 9:11 shows God making Egyptian magicians powerless before Moses — a specific precedent of God overturning diviners' wisdom.

Daniel 1:20 Parallel

Daniel 1:20 shows God's servants surpassing Babylon's wise men — illustrating the principle that God frustrates human wisdom.

Jeremiah 28:9 provides a test for true prophecy — contrasting the false diviners God frustrates in Isaiah.

Jeremiah 27:10 says they prophesy a lie — directly matching the 'liars' and 'diviners' God frustrates here.

1 Kings 22:12 multiplies the false prophecy — illustrating the collective 'signs of liars' God frustrates.

In Jeremiah 51:57, God makes Babylon's wise men drunk to their destruction—another instance of turning wise men back.

1 Kings 22:11 presents a false prophet's symbolic horns — a concrete example of the lying signs God frustrates.

Jeremiah 27:9 warns not to listen to diviners — reinforcing the theme of their futility that God frustrates.

2 Samuel 16:23 shows Ahithophel's advice regarded as divine — yet God later frustrates such wisdom, illustrating the overthrow of wise counsel.

1 Kings 22:37 records Ahab's death — the outcome of the frustrated false prophecies, showing God's judgment.

2 Chronicles 18:11 parallels the false prophets' victory prediction — another example of the diviners God frustrates.

2 Chronicles 18:34 records Ahab's death in battle — the fulfillment of God frustrating false prophecies.