2 Samuel 17:14

Modern English Version

Then Absalom and all of the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had decided to undermine the prudent advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity to Absalom.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no more be called Jacob, but Israel. For you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

2 Samuel 15:31

Now it was reported to David that Ahithophel was conspiring with Absalom, and David said, “O  Lord, make the advice of Ahithophel folly.”

2 Samuel 15:34

But if you return to the city, you may say to Absalom, ‘I am your servant, O king, as I was a servant of your father. As I was then, so now I am your servant,’ so as to counter the advice of Ahithophel.

2 Samuel 16:23

In those days, the advice that Ahithophel gave was as when one inquired a word from God. Such was all of the advice of Ahithophel, whether that which he gave to David or to Absalom.

2 Chronicles 10:15

The king did not listen to the people, for the event occurred because of God, that the Lord might establish His word that He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 10:8

But he abandoned the counsel of the elders that they gave to him. And he consulted the young men who grew up and stood before him.

2 Chronicles 25:16

But while the prophet was speaking, the king said, “Have we made you a counselor to the king? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” The prophet refrained, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and not heeded my advice.”

2 Chronicles 25:20

But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God, so that He might give them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

Nehemiah 4:15

Now when our enemies heard that this had become known to us and that God had brought their counsel to nothing, then we all returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their own foot is caught in the net which they hid.

Psalm 9:16

The Lord is known by the judgment that He executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion.   Selah

Exodus 9:16

But, indeed, for this cause I have raised you up, in order to show in you My power, so that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in the heart of a man, but it is the counsel of the Lord that will stand.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom or understanding or counsel can stand against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, but it shall come to nothing; speak the word, but it shall not stand for God is with us.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?

Amos 9:3

though they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will search and catch them; though they hide from My sight on the bottom of the sea, from there will I command the serpent to bite them;

Luke 16:8

“The master commended the dishonest steward, because he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are wiser in their own generation than the sons of light.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness,”

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him, for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, so that He might deliver him into your hand as he is to this day.

Joshua 11:20

because the Lord hardened their hearts to engage Israel in battle. They destroyed them without mercy, to put them to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.