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
And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent forAhithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.
Psalm 3:1
O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
Psalm 41:9
Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
Psalm 55:12
For it is not an enemy who taunts me-- then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me-- then I could hide from him.
Matthew 26:14
Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
John 13:18
I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled,'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

O lord

Psalm 55:15
Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
Psalm 109:3
They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.

Turn the counsel

2 Samuel 16:23
Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.
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 ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring harm upon Absalom.
Job 5:12
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
Job 12:16
With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Isaiah 19:3
and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers;
Jeremiah 8:8
"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
James 3:15
This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

General references

Job 12:17
He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
Job 17:4
Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.

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