2 Samuel 15:31

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:12

And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.

2 Samuel 16:23

Now in those days the counsel which Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the oracle of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:14

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

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and went off home to his own city. And he set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

2 Samuel 17:5

Then Absalom said, “Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.”

2 Samuel 17:7

Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel which Ahithophel has given is not good.”

Job 5:12

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

Psalm 109:3

They beset me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.

Psalm 3:1

O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;

Psalm 41:9

Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Psalm 55:10

Day and night they go around it on its walls; and mischief and trouble are within it,

Psalm 55:12

It is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him.

Isaiah 19:3

and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their plans; and they will consult the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the wizards;

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the omens of liars, and makes fools of diviners; who turns wise men back, and makes their knowledge foolish;

John 13:18

I am not speaking of you all; I know whom I have chosen; it is that the scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

James 3:15

This wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.