2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel." Now the Lord had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom.

2 Samuel 15:34

But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father's servant, and now I will be your servant.'

2 Samuel 15:31

Now David had been told, "Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, "Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!"

2 Samuel 16:23

In those days Ahithophel's advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel.

Genesis 32:28

"No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed."

Exodus 9:16

But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him, "Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!" So the prophet stopped, but added, "I know that the Lord has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice."

2 Chronicles 25:20

But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom.

Job 5:12-14

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

Psalm 9:16

The Lord revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. (Higgaion. Selah)

Psalm 33:9-10

For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.

Proverbs 19:21

There are many plans in a person's mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:10

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

Lamentations 3:37

(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?

Amos 9:3

Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.

1 Corinthians 1:19-20

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Good counsel

General references

Bible References

Appointed

Psalm 33:9
For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.
Lamentations 3:37
(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?
Amos 9:3
Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.

To defeat

2 Samuel 15:34
But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father's servant, and now I will be your servant.'
2 Samuel 16:23
In those days Ahithophel's advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel.
Job 5:12
He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!
Proverbs 19:21
There are many plans in a person's mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.
Isaiah 8:10
Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness."

Good counsel

Luke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.

General references

Job 12:17
He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.
Job 17:4
Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

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