Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

Bible References

General references

2 Samuel 15:31
Then someone reported to David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”

Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
2 Samuel 17:14
Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”
Isaiah 19:12
Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you and reveal
what the Lord of Hosts has planned against Egypt.
Isaiah 29:14
therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.
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 experts.

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