Exo 18:19 Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God,
Num 24:14 And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, I will let you know what this people will do to your people in the latter days.”

2Sa 15:12 And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.

2Sa 16:23 Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.

2Sa 17:7 Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good.”
2Sa 17:11 But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.

2Sa 17:15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled.

2Sa 17:21 After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
1Ki 1:12 Now therefore come, let me give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

1Ki 12:6 Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”
1Ki 12:8 But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
1Ki 12:9 And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”
1Ki 12:13 And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,
1Ki 12:28 So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

2Ki 6:8 Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place shall be my camp.”

1Ch 13:1 David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader.
1Ch 26:14 The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a shrewd counselor, and his lot came out for the north.

1Ch 27:32 Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe. He and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni attended the king’s sons.
1Ch 27:33 Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

2Ch 10:6 Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”
2Ch 10:8 But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
2Ch 10:9 And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”
2Ch 20:21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say,

“Give thanks to the Lord,
for his steadfast love endures forever.”
2Ch 22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.
2Ch 22:4 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done. For after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing.
2Ch 25:16 But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

2Ch 25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.”
2Ch 30:2 For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month

2Ch 30:23 Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the feast for another seven days. So they kept it for another seven days with gladness.
2Ch 32:3 he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him.
Ezr 4:5 and bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Ezr 7:28 and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.

Ezr 8:25 And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered.
Neh 6:7 And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together.”
Job 3:14 with kings and counselors of the earth
who rebuilt ruins for themselves,
Job 12:17 He leads counselors away stripped,
and judges he makes fools.
Job 26:3 How you have counseled him who has no wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
Psa 16:7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
Psa 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Psa 62:4 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position.
They take pleasure in falsehood.
They bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse.  Selah
Psa 71:10 For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who watch for my life consult together
Psa 83:3 They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your treasured ones.
Psa 83:5 For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant
Pro 11:14 Where there is no guidance, a people falls,
but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
Pro 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
but those who plan peace have joy.
Pro 13:10 By insolence comes nothing but strife,
but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Pro 15:22 Without counsel plans fail,
but with many advisers they succeed.
Pro 24:6 for by wise guidance you can wage your war,
and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
Isa 1:26 And I will restore your judges as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”
Isa 3:3 the captain of fifty
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
and the expert in charms.
Isa 7:5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,
Isa 9:6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isa 14:24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,
Isa 14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed
concerning the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
Isa 14:27 For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
and who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
Isa 19:12 Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
Isa 19:17 And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them.

Isa 23:8 Who has purposed this
against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
whose traders were the honored of the earth?
Isa 23:9 The Lord of hosts has purposed it,
to defile the pompous pride of all glory,
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
Isa 32:7 As for the scoundrel— his devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
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