29 Bible Verses about Man's Counsel

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.

Then they said, Come and let us plot schemes against Jeremiah. For the Law shall not perish from the priest, nor wisdom from the wise, nor the Word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.

And now come, please let me give you counsel, and save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

Behold, you are all sons of Israel. Give here your advice and counsel.

And she spoke, saying, They spoke often in days gone by, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so they ended the matter.

And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her for his daughter, had come to go in to the king, she asked nothing but what was chosen by Hegai the king's officer, the keeper of the women. And Esther had favor in the sight of all who looked on her.

Therefore, O king, let my advice be pleasing to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, whether there will be duration to your prosperity.

O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.

And they took counsel and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.

and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me."

Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague was on the congregation of Jehovah.

And Hushai came in to Absalom. And Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken in this way. Shall we do his word? If not, you speak.

Therefore I advise that all Israel be generally gathered to you, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, like the sand that is by the sea for multitude. And you yourself shall go into battle. And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him like the dew falls upon the ground. And of all the men that are with him, not even one shall be left. And if he has gotten into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river until there is not one small stone found there.read more.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil on Absalom.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil on Absalom.

And King Rehoboam talked with the old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he still lived, and said, How do you advise to return a word to this people? And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever. But he left the counsel of the old men which they had advised him, and talked with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

But he left the counsel of the old men which they had advised him, and talked with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

And he said to them, What advice do you give that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, Lighten the yoke which your father put on us?

And the king answered the people roughly, and left the old men's advice which they advised him,

And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!

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

And you have also set up prophets to preach about you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah. And now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. And now come and let us talk it over together.

For my enemies speak against me; and those who watch for my soul plot together,

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers plot together, against Jehovah and against His anointed, saying,

Then the Pharisees left and took counsel that they might entangle Him in words.

And it becoming early morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

And being assembled with the elders, and taking counsel, they gave enough silver to the soldiers,

The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

Behold, their good is not in their hand; the wisdom of the wicked is far from me.

Yet He filled their houses with substance; and the wisdom of the wicked is far from me.