2Sa 16:21-17:4, Psa 50:18-19, Pro 19:27, Mar 6:24-25, Act 23:15 | ESV | STEP | Ahithophel said to Absalom , Go in to your father’s concubines , whom he has left to keep the house , and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father , and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened .

2 Samuel 16:21-23

21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to ^ayour father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and ^bthe hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom ^con the roof. And Absalom went in to his father’s concubines ^din the sight of all Israel. 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, ^eboth by David and by Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:1-4

Hushai Saves David

1 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. 2 I will come upon him while he is ^fweary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. ^gI will strike down only the king, 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew back to you. Like the return of the whole is the man whom you seek} and all the people will be at peace.” 4 And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Psalms 50:18-19

18 If you see a thief, ⁱyou are pleased with him,
^jand you keep company with adulterers.
19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
^kand your tongue frames deceit.

Proverbs 19:27

27 Cease to hear instruction, my son,
^land you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Mark 6:24-25

24 And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” 25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

Acts 23:15

15 Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”