And it was reported to David, saying, Ahithophel also [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord my God, disconcert, I pray, the counsel of Ahithophel.

And He said to him, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and shall be mighty with men.

And for this purpose have you been preserved, that I might display My strength in you, and that My name might be published in all the earth.

And Sihon king of Heshbon would not allow us to pass by him, because the Lord our God hardened his spirit, and made his heart stubborn, that he might be delivered into your hands, as it is this day.

And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, Have I made you the king's counselor? Take heed lest you be scourged! And the prophet became silent, and said, I know that [God] is disposed against you to destroy you, because you have done this thing, and have not hearkened to my counsel.

Nevertheless Amaziah hearkened not, for it was of the Lord to deliver him into [the enemy's] hands, because he sought after the gods of the Edomites.

For He spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.

The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; He brings to nought the reasonings of the people, and brings to nought the counsels of princes.

Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? The Lord has not commanded it.

If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, from there will I search them out and take them; and if they should go down from My presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

but if you shall return to the city, and shall say to Absalom, your brethren have passed over, and the king your father has passed over after me: and now I am your servant, O king, permit me to live. At one time even of late I was the servant of your father, and now I [am] your humble servant- so shall you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in former days, [was] as if one should inquire of the word of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and also to Absalom.

frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:

In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noonday even as in the night.

[There are] many thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of the Lord abides forever.

There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.

And whatever counsel you shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatever word you shall speak, it shall not stand among you; for God is with us.

For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the prudent I will annul."

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

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness";

So the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of light.