2 Samuel 17:14

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel. And by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:34

But if thou return into the city, and wilt say to Absalom: I am thy servant, O king. As I have been thy father's servant, so I will be thy servant: thou shalt defeat the counsel of Achitophel.

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Proverbs 19:21

There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

2 Samuel 15:31

And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infatuate, O Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achitophel.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.

Luke 16:8

And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Lamentations 3:37

Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?

2 Samuel 16:23

Now the counsel of Achitophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man should consult God. So was all the counsel of Achitophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom.

Genesis 32:28

But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?

Amos 9:3

And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them.

Psalm 9:16

I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they have prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.

2 Chronicles 25:20

Amasias would not hearken to him, because it was the Lord's will that he should be delivered into the hands of enemies, because of the gods of Edom.

2 Chronicles 25:16

And when he spoke these things, he answered him: Art thou the king's counsellor? Be quiet, lest I kill thee. And the prophet departing said: I know that God is minded to kill thee, because thou hast done this evil, and moreover hast not hearkened to my counsel.

Deuteronomy 2:30

And Sehon the king of Hesebon would not let us pass: because the Lord thy God had hardened his spirit, and fixed his heart, that he might be delivered into thy hands, as now thou seest.

Exodus 9:16

And therefore have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee: and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth.

2 Chronicles 10:8

But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.

Nehemiah 4:15

And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.

Psalm 9:15

Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

Joshua 11:20

For it was the sentence of the Lord, that their hearts should be hardened, and they should fight against Israel, and fall, and should not deserve any clemency, and should be destroyed as the Lord had commanded Moses.

2 Chronicles 10:15

And he condescended not to the people's requests: for it was the will of God, that his word might be fulfilled, which he had spoken by the hand of Ahias the Silonite to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

Job 12:17

He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility.