2 Samuel 17:14

American Standard Version 2015

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:34

but if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant; then wilt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding\par\tab Nor counsel against Jehovah.

Proverbs 19:21

There are many devices in a man's heart;\par\tab But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

2 Samuel 15:31

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, {\b He that taketh the wise in their craftiness}:

Luke 16:8

And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

2 Samuel 16:23

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

Genesis 32:28

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Amos 9:3

And though they hide themselves in 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, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

Psalm 9:16

Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment:\par\tab The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {\i Higgaion.\par\tab Selah.\par

2 Chronicles 25:20

But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand {\i of their enemies}, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.

2 Chronicles 25:16

And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that {\i the king} said unto him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.\par

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.

Exodus 9:16

but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

2 Chronicles 10:8

But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

Nehemiah 4:15

And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

Psalm 9:15

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made:\par\tab In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Joshua 11:20

For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

2 Chronicles 10:15

So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was brought about of God, that Jehovah might establish his word, which he spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.\par

Job 12:17

He leadeth counsellors away stripped,\par\tab And judges maketh he fools.