2 Samuel 17:14 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁴ Avshalom and all the men of Yisra'el said, The counsel of Chushai the Arki is better than the counsel of Achitofel. For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Achitofel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Avshalom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel. For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Then Absalom and everyone in Israel agreed, “The advice of Hushai from Erek is better than Ahithophel’s advice.” This was because the LORD had decided to counter Ahithophel’s good advice so that the LORD could bring disaster on Absalom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.

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Genesis 32:28

He said, *Your name will no longer be called Ya`akov, but Yisra'el; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.*

2 Samuel 15:31

One told David, saying, Achitofel is among the conspirators with Avshalom. David said, LORD, please turn the counsel of Achitofel into foolishness.

2 Samuel 15:34

but if you return to the city, and tell Avshalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Achitofel.

2 Samuel 16:23

The counsel of Achitofel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Achitofel both with David and with Avshalom.

2 Chronicles 10:15

So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about of God, that the LORD might establish his word, which he spoke by Achiyah the Shiloni to Yarov`am the son of Nevat.

2 Chronicles 10:8

But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

2 Chronicles 25:16

It happened, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, Have we made you of the king's counsel? Stop! Why should you be struck down? Then the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.

2 Chronicles 25:20

But Amatzyah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they had sought after the gods of Edom.

Nehemiah 4:15

It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

Psalm 9:16

The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

Exodus 9:16

but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;

Proverbs 19:21

There are many plans in a man's heart, but the LORD's counsel will prevail.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.*

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?

Amos 9:3

Though they hide themselves in the top of Karmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.

Luke 16:8

*His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, *He has taken the wise in their craftiness.*

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sichon king of Cheshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.

Joshua 11:20

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, to come against Yisra'el in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moshe.