2 Samuel 17:14

Young's Literal Translation 1898

And Absalom saith — and all the men of Israel — ‘Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;’ and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

And he saith, ‘Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.’

2 Samuel 15:31

and David declared, saying, ‘Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom;’ and David saith, ‘Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.’

2 Samuel 15:34

and if to the city thou dost turn back, and hast said to Absalom, Thy servant I am, O king; servant of thy father I [am] also hitherto, and now, I [am] also thy servant; then thou hast made void for me the counsel of Ahithophel;

2 Samuel 16:23

And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days [is] as [when] one inquireth at the word of God; so [is] all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.

2 Chronicles 10:15

And the king hath not hearkened unto the people, for the revolution hath been from God, for the sake of Jehovah's establishing His word that He spake by the hand of Abijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 10:8

And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him,

2 Chronicles 25:16

And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, ‘For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?’ And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, ‘I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.’

2 Chronicles 25:20

And Amaziah hath not hearkened, for from God it [is] in order to give them into hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom;

Nehemiah 4:15

And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work;

Job 12:17

Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.

Psalm 9:15

Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

Psalm 9:16

Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

Exodus 9:16

‘And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;

Proverbs 19:21

Many [are] the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!’

Lamentations 3:37

Who [is] this — he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]?

Amos 9:3

And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them, And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten them.

Luke 16:8

‘And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

1 Corinthians 3:19

for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, ‘Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;’

Deuteronomy 2:30

‘And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day.

Joshua 11:20

for from Jehovah it hath been to strengthen their heart, to meet in battle with Israel, in order to devote them, so that they have no grace, but in order to destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.