Lexicon :: Strong's H6098 - ʿēṣâ

Israel is a nation lacking sense

with no understanding at all.

“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.

“Now please come and let me advise you. Save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

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,

While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop, why should you lose your life? ”

So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”

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.

“Therefore, let’s make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

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.

He traps the wise in their craftiness

so that the plans of the deceptive

are quickly brought to an end.

“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 their prosperity is not of their own doing.

The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

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!

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.

The LORD frustrates the counsel of the nations;

he thwarts the plans of the peoples.

You guide me with your counsel,

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

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.

your decrees are my delight

and my counselors.

“since you neglected all my counsel

and did not accept my correction,

“were not interested in my counsel,

and rejected all my correction,

“I possess good advice and sound wisdom;[fn]

I have understanding and strength.

A fool’s way is right in his own eyes,

but whoever listens to counsel is wise.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction

so that you may be wise later in life.[fn]