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.
Lamentations 3:37
Who is this who speaks, and it occurs, when the Lord does not command it?
Amos 9:3
And if they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there. And if they are hidden from My sight in the bottom of the sea, I will command the serpent there, and he shall bite them.
To defeat
2 Samuel 15:34
But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; I have been your father's servant until now, and now I also will be your servant, then you may break down the advice of Ahithophel for me.
2 Samuel 16:23
And the advice of Ahithophel, which he advised in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel, both with David and with Absalom.
Job 5:12
frustrating the plans of the crafty, nor did their hands do wisely.
Proverbs 19:21
There are many purposes in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah shall stand.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.
Isaiah 8:10
Counsel a counsel, and it is frustrated. 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 I will set aside the understanding of the perceiving ones."
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, "He takes the wise in their own craftiness."
Good counsel
Luke 16:8
And the unjust steward's lord commended him because he had done wisely. For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.