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 himself spoke} and it came to pass. {He himself commanded} and it stood firm.
Lamentations 3:37
{Who can speak} and it will happen [if] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
Amos 9:3
And [even] if they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search and will take them, and [even] if they hide from before my eyes at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the sea serpent and it will bite them.
To defeat
2 Samuel 15:34
but if you want to return to the city and say to Absalom, 'I [am] your servant, O king. I used to be a servant of your father, but from then and now I [will be] your servant,' then you can frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
2 Samuel 16:23
The counsel that Ahithophel gave in those days [was] regarded as when a man inquired of the word of God, so all the counsel of Ahithophel [was esteemed] both by David and by Absalom.
Job 5:12
[He] is frustrating [the] devices of [the] crafty, and their hands do not achieve success.
Proverbs 19:21
Many plans [are] in the heart of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.
Isaiah 8:10
{Make a plan}, but it will be frustrated! Speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us!
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"
Good counsel
Luke 16:8
And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.