2 Samuel 15:31 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.
2 Samuel 17:14 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.
2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [
the king] said unto him,
Art thou made of the king's counsel?
forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath
determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
Isaiah 19:14 The LORD
hath mingled a
perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken [
man] staggereth in his vomit.
Matthew 11:25 At that time
Jesus answered and said,
I thank thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth,
because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes.
Matthew 13:11 He answered and said unto them,
Because it is given unto you to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Romans 11:8 (According as it is written,
God hath given them the spirit of
slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;)
unto this day.
1 Corinthians 1:20 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?