Deu 32:28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,
and there is no understanding in them.
and there is no understanding in them.
Judg 20:7 Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.”
2Sa 15:31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
2Sa 15:34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
2Sa 16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel. What shall we do?”
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 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
2Sa 17:23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
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 12:8 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 12:13 And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,
1Ki 12:14 he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
2Ki 18:20 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?
1Ch 12:19 Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.”)
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 10:13 And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men,
2Ch 10:14 King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
2Ch 22:5 He even followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram,
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.”
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 10:3 Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the Law.
Ezr 10:8 and that if anyone did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders all his property should be forfeited, and he himself banned from the congregation of the exiles.
Neh 4:15 When our enemies heard that it was known to us and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work.
Job 5:13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Job 10:3 Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the designs of the wicked?
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the designs of the wicked?
Job 12:13 “With God are wisdom and might;
he has counsel and understanding.
he has counsel and understanding.
Job 18:7 His strong steps are shortened,
and his own schemes throw him down.
and his own schemes throw him down.
Job 21:16 Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand?
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 29:21 “Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
and kept silence for my counsel.
Job 38:2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 42:3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Psa 1:1 Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Psa 13:2 How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Psa 14:6 You would shame the plans of the poor,
but the Lord is his refuge.
but the Lord is his refuge.
Psa 20:4 May he grant you your heart’s desire
and fulfill all your plans!
and fulfill all your plans!
Psa 33:10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Psa 33:11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
the plans of his heart to all generations.
Psa 73:24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
Psa 106:13 But they soon forgot his works;
they did not wait for his counsel.
they did not wait for his counsel.
Psa 106:43 Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their purposes
and were brought low through their iniquity.
but they were rebellious in their purposes
and were brought low through their iniquity.
Psa 107:11 for they had rebelled against the words of God,
and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
Psa 119:24 Your testimonies are my delight;
they are my counselors.
they are my counselors.
Pro 1:25 because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,
and would have none of my reproof,
Pro 1:30 would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,
and despised all my reproof,
Pro 8:14 I have counsel and sound wisdom;
I have insight; I have strength.
I have insight; I have strength.
Pro 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but a wise man listens to advice.
but a wise man listens to advice.
Pro 19:20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in the future.
that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Pro 19:21 Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Pro 20:5 The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Pro 20:18 Plans are established by counsel;
by wise guidance wage war.
by wise guidance wage war.
Pro 21:30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.
can avail against the Lord.
Pro 27:9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
Isa 5:19 who say: “Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”
Isa 8:10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.
speak a word, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.
Isa 11:2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
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.
concerning the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
Isa 16:3 “Give counsel;
grant justice;
make your shade like night
at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
do not reveal the fugitive;
grant justice;
make your shade like night
at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
do not reveal the fugitive;
Isa 19:3 and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound their counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and the mediums and the necromancers;
and I will confound their counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and the mediums and the necromancers;
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