2 Samuel 15:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Someone told David, “Ahithophel is helping Absalom plot against you!” David said, “Please, LORD, keep Ahithophel's plans from working!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:23

Ahithophel gave such good advice in those days that both Absalom and David thought it came straight from God.

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and the others liked Hushai's plan better than Ahithophel's plan. This was because the LORD had decided to keep Ahithophel's plan from working and to cause trouble for Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that Absalom and the leaders of Israel were not going to follow his advice, he saddled his donkey and rode back to his home in Gilo. He told his family and servants what to do. Then he hanged himself, and they buried him in his family's burial place.

2 Samuel 17:5

Then Absalom said, “Bring in Hushai the Archite. Let's hear what he has to say.”

2 Samuel 17:7

Hushai said: This time Ahithophel's advice isn't so good.

Job 5:12

God swiftly traps the wicked in their own evil schemes, and their wisdom fails.

Psalm 109:3

and hateful things are said for no reason.

Psalm 3:1

I have a lot of enemies, LORD. Many fight against

Psalm 41:9

My most trusted friend has turned against me, though he ate at my table.

Psalm 55:10

and they are like guards on patrol day and night. The city is full of trouble, evil,

Psalm 55:12

My enemies are not the ones who sneer and make fun. I could put up with that or even hide from them.

Isaiah 19:3

“Egypt will be discouraged when I confuse their plans. They will try to get advice from their idols, from the spirits of the dead, and from fortune-tellers.

Isaiah 44:25

I make liars of false prophets and fools of fortune-tellers. I take human wisdom and turn it into nonsense.

John 13:18

I am not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But what the Scriptures say must come true. And they say, “The man who ate with me has turned against me!”

1 Corinthians 1:20

What happened to those wise people? What happened to those experts in the Scriptures? What happened to the ones who think they have all the answers? Didn't God show that the wisdom of this world is foolish?

James 3:15

That kind of wisdom doesn't come from above. It is earthly and selfish and comes from the devil himself.