2 Samuel 17:14

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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.”

2 Samuel 15:34

but if you return to the city and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, my king! Previously, I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant,’ then you can counteract Ahithophel’s counsel for me.

2 Samuel 15:31

Then someone reported to David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”

“Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

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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Genesis 32:28

“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” He said. “It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Exodus 9:16

However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you My power and to make My name known in all the earth.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us travel through his land, for the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to hand him over to you, as has now taken place.

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop, why should you lose your life?”

So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 25:20

But Amaziah would not listen, for this turn of events was from God in order to hand them over to their enemies because they went after the gods of Edom.

Job 5:12-14

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.

Psalm 9:16

The Lord has revealed Himself;
He has executed justice,
striking down the wicked
by the work of their hands.Higgaion. Selah

Psalm 33:9-10

For He spoke, and it came into being;
He commanded, and it came into existence.

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in a man’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel
will prevail against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:10

Devise a plan; it will fail.
Make a prediction; it will not happen.
For God is with us.

Lamentations 3:37

מ MemWho is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?

Amos 9:3

If they hide themselves
on the top of Carmel,
from there I will track them down
and seize them;
if they conceal themselves
from My sight on the sea floor,
from there I will command
the sea serpent to bite them.

Luke 16:8

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.

1 Corinthians 1:19-20

For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness;

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Summary

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Appointed

Psalm 33:9

Lamentations 3:37

Amos 9:3

To defeat

Good counsel

Luke 16:8

General references

Job 12:17

Job 17:4

Bible References

Appointed

For He spoke, and it came into being;
He commanded, and it came into existence.

מ MemWho is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?

To defeat

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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He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.

Many plans are in a man’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.

No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel
will prevail against the Lord.

Devise a plan; it will fail.
Make a prediction; it will not happen.
For God is with us.

For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness;

Good counsel

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.

General references

He leads counselors away barefoot
and makes judges go mad.

You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore You will not honor them.