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 appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom."
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- 2 Samuel 15:34
"But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel."
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 1:19
"For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 8:10
"Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 19:21
"There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand."
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 3:19
"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 21:30
"There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Job 5:12
"He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 15:31
"And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 16:23
"And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom."
Read in chapter → - Lamentations 3:37
"Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
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