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2 Samuel 17:14
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2 Samuel 17:14
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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
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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.
2 Samuel 15:34
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2 Samuel 15:34
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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.
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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)
Luke 16:8
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Luke 16:8
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8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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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.”
2 Samuel 15:31
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2 Samuel 15:31
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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.
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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
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, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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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
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, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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Proverbs 21:30
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Proverbs 21:30
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Proverbs 21:30
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Proverbs 21:30
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30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
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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)
Proverbs 19:21
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Proverbs 19:21
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21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
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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.
2 Samuel 16:23
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2 Samuel 16:23
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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.
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Amos 9:3
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Amos 9:3
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3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
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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)
Lamentations 3:37
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Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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Isaiah 8:10
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Isaiah 8:10
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Isaiah 8:10
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Isaiah 8:10
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10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
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Psalm 33:9-10
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Psalm 33:9-10
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9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded,(A) and it stood firm.
Psalm 33:9-10
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Psalm 33:9-10
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9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
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