2 Samuel 17:14

New American Standard Bible 2020

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to foil the good advice of Ahithophel, in order for the Lord to bring disaster on Absalom.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

2 Samuel 15:31

Now someone informed David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “Lord, please make the advice of Ahithophel foolish.”

2 Samuel 15:34

But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; even as I was your father’s servant in time past, so now I will also be your servant,’ then you can foil the advice of Ahithophel for me.

2 Samuel 16:23

Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was taken as though one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.

2 Chronicles 10:15

So the king did not listen to the people, because it was a turn of events from God so that the Lord might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 10:8

But he ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

2 Chronicles 25:16

As he was talking with him, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you to be a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be put to death?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has planned to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

2 Chronicles 25:20

But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God, so that He might hand them over to Joash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

Nehemiah 4:15

Now when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had frustrated their plan, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work.

Job 12:17

“He makes advisers walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down into the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Psalm 9:16

The Lord has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah

Exodus 9:16

But indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name throughout the earth.

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in a person’s heart, But the advice of the Lord will stand.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, no understanding, And no plan against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:10

“Devise a plan, but it will fail; State a proposal, but it will not stand, For God is with us.”

Lamentations 3:37

Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?

Amos 9:3

“And though they hide on the summit of Carmel, I will track them down and take them from there; And though they hide themselves from My sight on the bottom of the sea, I will command the serpent from there, and it will bite them.

Luke 16:8

And his master complimented the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written: “He is the one who catches the wise by their craftiness”;

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass through his land; for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to hand him over to you, as he is today.

Joshua 11:20

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might utterly destroy them, that they might receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.