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2 Samuel 17:14
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2 Samuel 17:14
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14 So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For (A)the Lord had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring disaster on Absalom.
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2 Samuel 15:34
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2 Samuel 15:34
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34 But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, (A)‘I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father’s servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,’ then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
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2 Samuel 15:34
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2 Samuel 15:34
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34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘Your Majesty, I will be your servant; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,’(A) then you can help me by frustrating(B) Ahithophel’s advice.
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 For it is written:
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
20 (B)Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the [a]disputer of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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- 1 Corinthians 1:20 debater
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[a](A)
20 Where is the wise person?(B) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(C) Has not God made foolish(D) the wisdom of the world?
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- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
Isaiah 8:10
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Isaiah 8:10
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10 (A)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, (B)but it will not stand,
(C)For [a]God is with us.”
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- Isaiah 8:10 Heb. Immanuel
Isaiah 8:10
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Isaiah 8:10
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Luke 16:8
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Luke 16:8
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8 So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than (A)the sons of light.
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Luke 16:8
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Luke 16:8
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8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world(A) are more shrewd(B) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.(C)
Proverbs 21:30
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Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.
Proverbs 21:30
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Proverbs 21:30
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Proverbs 19:21
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Proverbs 19:21
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21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
(A)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
Proverbs 19:21
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Proverbs 19:21
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21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(A)
2 Samuel 15:31
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2 Samuel 15:31
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31 Then someone told David, saying, (A)“Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, (B)turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
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2 Samuel 15:31
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2 Samuel 15:31
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31 Now David had been told, “Ahithophel(A) is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
Genesis 32:28
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Genesis 32:28
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28 And He said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but [a]Israel; for you have (B)struggled with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”
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- Genesis 32:28 Lit. Prince with God
Genesis 32:28
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Genesis 32:28
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28 Then the man said, “Your name(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(C)
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- Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
1 Corinthians 3:19
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, (A)“He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(A) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(B)
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- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
Lamentations 3:37
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Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who is he (A)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
Lamentations 3:37
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Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?(A)
2 Samuel 16:23
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2 Samuel 16:23
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23 Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel (A)both with David and with Absalom.
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2 Samuel 16:23
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2 Samuel 16:23
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23 Now in those days the advice(A) Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David(B) and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel’s advice.
Amos 9:3
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Amos 9:3
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3 And though they (A)hide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
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