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.
Appointed
To defeat
Good counsel
Bible References
Appointed
Psalm 33:9
For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?
Amos 9:3
and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
To defeat
2 Samuel 15:34
but if thou return to the city, and say to Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so now will I be thy servant; then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Samuel 16:23
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
Job 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
Proverbs 19:21
Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.
Isaiah 8:10
Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.
Good counsel
Luke 16:8
And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.