Lexicon :: Strong's G1012 - boulē

“May I never enter their council;

may I never join their assembly.

For in their anger they kill men,

and on a whim they hamstring oxen.

two hundred fifty prominent Israelite men who were leaders of the community and representatives in the assembly, and they rebelled against Moses.

Israel is a nation lacking sense

with no understanding at all.

Everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has ever happened or has been seen since the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until now.[fn] Think it over, discuss it, and speak up! ”

“Look, all of you are Israelites. Give your judgment and verdict here and now.”

Then someone reported to David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”

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

“but if you return to the city and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, Your Majesty! Previously, I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant,’ then you can counteract Ahithophel’s counsel for me.

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What should we do? ”

Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God ​— ​such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

Hushai replied to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”

Since the LORD had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”

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

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and attended him.

Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

“You think mere words are strategy and strength for war. Who are you now relying on so that you have rebelled against me?

Some Manassites defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. However, they did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers sent David away after a discussion. They said, “It will be our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him, and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones attending him.

Then the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the elders’ advice

He also followed their advice and went with Joram[fn] son of Israel’s King Ahab to fight against King Hazael of Aram, in Ramoth-gilead. The Arameans[fn] wounded Joram,

They also bribed officials to act against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Whoever did not come within three days would forfeit all his possessions,[fn] according to the decision of the leaders and elders, and would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

When our enemies heard that we knew their scheme and that God had frustrated it, every one of us returned to his own work on the wall.

in order to confirm these days of Purim at their proper time just as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had established them and just as they had committed themselves and their descendants to the practices of fasting and lamentation.

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty

so that they[fn] achieve no success.

“Is it good for you to oppress,

to reject the work of your hands,

and favor[fn] the plans of the wicked?

Wisdom and strength belong to God;

counsel and understanding are his.

His powerful stride is shortened,

and his own schemes trip him up.

But it was he who filled their houses with good things.

The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

Men listened to me with expectation,

waiting silently for my advice.

Who is this who obscures my counsel

with ignorant words?

You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance? ”

Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,

things too wondrous for me to[fn] know.

How happy is the one who does not

walk in the advice of the wicked

or stand in the pathway with sinners

or sit in the company of mockers!

Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment,

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

How long will I store up anxious concerns[fn] within me,

agony in my mind every day?

How long will my enemy dominate me?

You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed,

but the LORD is his refuge.

May he give you what your heart desires

and fulfill your whole purpose.

Though they intend to harm[fn] you

and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

The LORD frustrates the counsel of the nations;

he thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Come and see the wonders of God;

his acts for humanity[fn] are awe-inspiring.

You guide me with your counsel,

and afterward you will take me up in glory.[fn]

God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,

more awe-inspiring than[fn] all who surround him.

They soon forgot his works

and would not wait for his counsel.

He rescued them many times,

but they continued to rebel deliberately

and were beaten down by their iniquity.

because they rebelled against God’s commands

and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Hallelujah![fn]

I will praise the LORD with all my heart

in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

“since you neglected all my counsel

and did not accept my correction,