14 Then 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 ordained to foil the good advice of Ahithophel, in order for the Lord to bring disaster on Absalom.

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14 Absalom and all of the Israelis replied, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s!”

Hushai Warns David

But the Lord had planned to circumvent the sound advice of Ahithophel so the Lord could bring Absalom to destruction.

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20 (A)One who walks with wise people will be wise,
But a companion of fools will suffer harm.

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20 Whoever keeps company with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools suffers harm.

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