Cross references

2 Samuel 15:31

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”

So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

2 Samuel 15:31 BSB

2 Samuel 15:31 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 17:14 (11 votes) and 2 Samuel 17:23 (10 votes). 32 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from 2 Samuel 15 to James 3.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 15:31 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

  2. When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

  3. Psalm 41:99 votes

    Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

  4. James 3:158 votes

    Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

  5. Job 5:127 votes

    He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

  6. Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

  7. Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” …

  8. While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

  9. Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

  10. True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His. He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges. …

  11. Psalm 3:14 votes

    A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

  12. John 13:184 votes
  13. For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 15:31?

The 10 strongest of 32.