2Sa 15:31, 16:23, 17:14, 23, Job 12:17, 20, 24, Isa 44:25, Rom 1:22, 1Cor 1:19 | ESV | STEP | And it was told David , Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom . And David said , O Lord , please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness .

2 Samuel 15:31

31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please ^aturn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 16:23

23 Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, ^bboth by David and by Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:14

14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” ^cFor the Lord had ordained ^{▼▼Hebrew commanded} to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23

23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to ^ehis own city. He ^fset his house in order and ^ghanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

Job 12:17

17 He leads ^hcounselors away stripped,
and ⁱjudges he makes fools.

Job 12:20

20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted
^jand takes away the discernment of the elders.

Job 12:24

24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
and ^kmakes them wander in a trackless waste.

Isaiah 44:25

25 who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
^lwho turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,

Romans 1:22

22 ^mClaiming to be wise, they became fools,

1 Corinthians 1:19

19 For it is written,

ⁿ“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”