2 Samuel 17:14

Tree of Life Version

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Adonai had ordained to thwart Ahithophel’s good counsel, so that Adonai might bring evil upon Absalom.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

Then He said to him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he said.

2 Samuel 15:31

Then someone told David saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Adonai, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 15:34

but if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king—I was your father’s servant from then, but now I will be your servant,’ then you can thwart Ahithophel’s counsel for me.

2 Samuel 16:23

Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was like inquiring for the word of God—so was all of Ahithophel’s counsel both with David and with Absalom.

2 Chronicles 10:15

So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God so that Adonai might establish His word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 10:8

But he disregarded the counsel that the elders had given him and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.

2 Chronicles 25:16

But while he was still speaking to him, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you a counselor to the king? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped after he said, “Now I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have acted this way and have not listened to my counsel.”

2 Chronicles 25:20

However, Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God in order that He might deliver them into the hand of Joash because they had sought the gods of Edom.

Nehemiah 4:15

So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from dawn until the stars came out.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

Psalm 9:15

Then I will tell all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion, rejoicing in Your salvation.

Psalm 9:16

The nations sank into the pit they made. The net they hid caught their own foot.

Exodus 9:16

However, I have let you stand for this reason: to show you My power, and that My Name might be proclaimed throughout all the earth.

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but the counsel of Adonai will stand.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel— against Adonai.

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, but it will amount to nothing. Speak a word, but it will not stand. For God is with us!

Lamentations 3:37

Who speaks and it comes to pass unless the Lord has decreed it?

Amos 9:3

If they should hide themselves at the top of Carmel, I will search them out and take them from there. If they hide themselves from My eyes at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the sea serpent to bite them.

Luke 16:8

“Now the master praised the crooked manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the sons of this age are smarter when dealing with their own generation 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 catches the clever in their craftiness.”

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, because Adonai your God stiffened his spirit and hardened his heart, in order to hand him over to you this very day.

Joshua 11:20

For it was of Adonai to harden their hearts to encounter Israel in battle, that they might be put to the ban, that they might receive no mercy, in order to destroy them as Adonai had commanded Moses.