Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
The 1611 reading
Take counsell together, and it shall come to nought: speake the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with vs.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Nothing, no thing, no value, no effect, no result, or no payment or cost; to come or be brought to nought is to fail, perish, or be made ineffective, and to set one at nought is to despise, reject, or treat as worthless.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 29:15
Complete exact-word concordance
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Take counsell together, and it shall come to nought: speake the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with vs.
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquitie are cut off:
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
That make a man an offendour for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproueth in the gate, and turne aside the iust for a thing of nought.
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
Thou shalt seeke them, and shalt not find them, euen them that contended with thee: they that warre against thee shalbe as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the men of thy contention.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the men of thy warre.
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your worke of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
1611 marginal noteOr, worse then nothing
1611 marginal noteOr, worse then of a viper.
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
Then I said; I haue laboured in vaine, I haue spent my strength for nought, and in vaine, yet surely my iudgement is with the LORD, and my worke with my God.
1611 marginal noteOr, my reward.
For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
For thus sayth the LORD, Yee haue solde your selues for nought: and ye shall be redeemed without money.
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Now therefore, what haue I here, sayth the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, sayth the LORD, and my Name continually euery day is blasphemed.
1611 marginal noteEzek.36.20,23. rom. 2.24.
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