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⁷ And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

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²³ And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

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¹¹ Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

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¹⁵ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

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¹² Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

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⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:

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¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

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²⁸ Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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⁸ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

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⁶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

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⁸ But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

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² For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

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³ He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

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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.

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²³ And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.

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⁷ And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

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⁷ I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

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³ They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

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¹⁰ For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

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⁶ For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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¹⁴ Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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²² Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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⁵ Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

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⁸ Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

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¹¹ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

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¹⁷ And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

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¹⁴ With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

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²¹ Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

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¹⁵ Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?

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²⁰ Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

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³⁰ Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

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⁴⁵ Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

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² Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: