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Words of Wisdom
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Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
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Exodus 18
:19
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And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
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Numbers 27
:21
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Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
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Numbers 31
:16
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For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
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Deuteronomy 32
:28
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And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
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Joshua 9
:14
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And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
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Judges 18
:5
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Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
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Judges 20
:7
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And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
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1 Samuel 14
:37
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And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
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2 Samuel 15
:12
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Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
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2 Samuel 16
:20
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And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
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2 Samuel 17
:7
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Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
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2 Samuel 20
:18
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Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
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1 Kings 1
:12
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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:
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
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1 Kings 12
:8, 9
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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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2 Kings 6
:8
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Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
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2 Kings 18
:20
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So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
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1 Chronicles 10
:13
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And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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1 Chronicles 26
:14
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Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
And Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:
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1 Chronicles 27
:32, 33
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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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2 Chronicles 10
:6
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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counselors after the death of his father to his destruction.
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
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2 Chronicles 22
:3-5
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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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2 Chronicles 25
:16
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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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2 Chronicles 30
:2
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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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2 Chronicles 32
:3
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And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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Ezra 4
:5
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Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
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Ezra 7
:14, 15
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And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
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Ezra 8
:25
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Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
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Ezra 10
:3
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And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
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Nehemiah 4
:15
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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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Nehemiah 6
:7
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With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;
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Job 3
:14
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
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Job 5
:13
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Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
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Job 10
:3
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With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
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Job 12
:13
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The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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Job 18
:7
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Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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Job 21
:16
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Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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Job 22
:18
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How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
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Job 26
:3
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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Job 29
:21
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And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
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Job 37
:12
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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Job 38
:2
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Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
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Job 42
:3
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Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
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Psalms 1
:1
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The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
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Psalms 2
:2
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Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
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Psalms 5
:10
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How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
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Psalms 13
:2
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Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
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Psalms 14
:6
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I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
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Psalms 16
:7
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Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
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Psalms 20
:4
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For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
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Psalms 31
:13
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The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
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Psalms 33
:10, 11
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We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
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Psalms 55
:14
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Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
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Psalms 64
:2
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For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
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Psalms 71
:10
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Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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Psalms 73
:24
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So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
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Psalms 81
:12
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They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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Psalms 83
:3
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They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
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Psalms 106
:13
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Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
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Psalms 107
:11
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Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
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Psalms 119
:24
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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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Proverbs 1
:5
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Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
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Proverbs 8
:14
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Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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Proverbs 11
:14
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The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
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Proverbs 12
:5
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Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
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Proverbs 15
:22
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Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
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Proverbs 19
:20, 21
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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Proverbs 20
:5
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There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
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Proverbs 21
:30
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Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
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Proverbs 22
:20
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For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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Proverbs 24
:6
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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Proverbs 27
:9
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I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
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Ecclesiastes 8
:2
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And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
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Isaiah 1
:26
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The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
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Isaiah 3
:3
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That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
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Isaiah 5
:19
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Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
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Isaiah 7
:5
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Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
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Isaiah 8
:10
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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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Isaiah 9
:6
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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 of the fear of the LORD;
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Isaiah 11
:2
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Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
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Isaiah 16
:3
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And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
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Isaiah 19
:3
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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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Isaiah 23
:8
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O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
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Isaiah 25
:1
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This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
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Isaiah 28
:29
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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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Isaiah 29
:15
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Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
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Isaiah 30
:1
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I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
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Isaiah 36
:5
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Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
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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Isaiah 40
:13, 14
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For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
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Isaiah 41
:28
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That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
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Isaiah 44
:26
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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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Isaiah 45
:21
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Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
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Isaiah 46
:10, 11
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Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
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Isaiah 47
:13
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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
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Jeremiah 7
:24
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Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
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Jeremiah 18
:18
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And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
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Jeremiah 19
:7
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For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
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Jeremiah 23
:18
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Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
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Jeremiah 32
:19
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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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Jeremiah 38
:15
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Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
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Jeremiah 49
:7
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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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Jeremiah 50
:45
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Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
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Ezekiel 7
:26
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Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
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Ezekiel 11
:2
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Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
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Daniel 2
:14
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Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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Daniel 3
:2, 3
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Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
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Daniel 4
:27
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All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
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Daniel 6
:7
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My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
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Hosea 4
:12
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It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
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Hosea 10
:6
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And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
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Hosea 11
:6
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Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
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Micah 4
:9
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For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
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Micah 6
:16
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There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
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Nahum 1
:11
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Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
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Zechariah 6
:13
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Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
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Matthew 22
:15
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When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
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Matthew 27
:1
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And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
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Matthew 28
:12
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And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
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Mark 3
:6
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Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
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Mark 15
:43
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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
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Luke 7
:30
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And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
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Luke 23
:50, 51
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Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
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John 11
:53
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Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
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John 18
:14
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Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
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Acts 2
:23
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For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
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Acts 4
:28
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When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
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Acts 5
:33
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And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
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Acts 9
:23
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For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
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Acts 20
:27
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And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
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Acts 27
:42
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For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
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Romans 11
:34
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Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
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1 Corinthians 4
:5
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In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
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Ephesians 1
:11
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Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
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Hebrews 6
:17
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I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
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Revelation 3
:18
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