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
{Mem} What is he then that sayeth, "There should something be done without the LORD's commandment:
Amos 9:3
Though they hide themselves upon the top of Carmel, yet shall I seek them out, and bring them from thence. Though they creep down from my sight into the deep of the sea, I shall command the serpent, even there to bite them.
To defeat
2 Samuel 15:34
And if thou return to the city: then shalt thou say unto Absalom, 'I will be thy servant O king: thus long have I been thy father's servant, and now I am thine,' and destroy me the counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Samuel 16:23
And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counseled in those days, was as a man had asked counsel of God: even so was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both unto David and also unto Absalom.
Job 5:12
Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand;
Proverbs 19:21
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel against the LORD.
Isaiah 8:10
Take your counsel together, yet must your counsel come to nought; go in hand withal, yet shall it not prosper. For God is with us.
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will cast away the understanding of the prudent."
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He compasseth the wise in their craftiness."
Good counsel
Luke 16:8
And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely. For the children of this world, are in their kind, wiser than the children of light.