TSK · 2 Samuel 17:14

but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;

For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.'

So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they had sought after the gods of Edom.

He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?

"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."