Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Ahithophel

2 Samuel 15:12
While he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom sent for David’s adviser Ahithophel the Gilonite, from his city of Giloh. So the conspiracy grew strong, and the people supporting Absalom continued to increase.
Psalm 3:1
A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.
Psalm 41:9
Even my friend in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.
Psalm 55:12
Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.
Matthew 26:14
Then one of the Twelve—the man called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests
John 13:18
I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats My bread has raised his heel against Me.

O lord

Psalm 55:15
Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.
Psalm 109:3
They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.

Turn the counsel

2 Samuel 16:23
Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God—such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

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2 Samuel 17:14
Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”
Job 5:12
He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.
Job 12:16
True wisdom and power belong to Him.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Isaiah 19:3
Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,
and I will frustrate its plans.
Then they will seek idols, ghosts,
spirits of the dead, and spiritists.
Jeremiah 8:8
“How can you claim, ‘We are wise;
the law of the Lord is with us’?
In fact, the lying pen of scribes
has produced falsehood.
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?
1 Corinthians 3:18
No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.
James 3:15
Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

General references

Job 12:17
He leads counselors away barefoot
and makes judges go mad.
Job 17:4
You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore You will not honor them.

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