Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
Oracle of god
All the counsel
Bible References
As if
Numbers 27:21
Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his command they shall go out and at his command they shall come in, both he and the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation.”
1 Samuel 30:8 David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.”
Psalm 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,
When Ilift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
When I
1 Peter 4:11 Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Oracle of god
Psalm 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul;
The testimony of the Lord issure, making wise the simple.
The testimony of the Lord is
All the counsel
2 Samuel 17:14
Then 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 thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity on Absalom.
Job 5:12 “He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.
So that their hands cannot attain success.
Job 28:28 “And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”
Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are foolish,
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd todo evil,
But to do good they do not know.”
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd to
But to do good they do not know.”
Jeremiah 8:9 “The wise men are put to shame,
They are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they haverejected the word of the Lord,
And what kind of wisdom do they have?
They are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they have
And what kind of wisdom do they have?
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.
Luke 16:8 And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.
Romans 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;
James 3:13
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
Both
2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.