Ezekiel 11:2
Then the Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise evil and give wicked advice in this city,
Psalm 2:1-2
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Isaiah 30:1
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Jeremiah 5:5
“I will go to the great [men]
And speak to them,
For they [must] know the way of the Lord,
The ordinance of their God.”
But [I found the reverse to be true, that] they too had all alike broken the yoke [of God’s law]
And had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him].
Esther 8:3
Then Esther spoke again to the king and fell down at his feet and wept and implored him to avert the evil plot of Haman the Agagite and his plan which he had devised against the Jews [because the decree to annihilate the Jews was still in effect].
Psalm 36:4
He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.
Isaiah 59:4
No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather]
They trust in empty arguments and speak lies;
They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then [my enemies] said, “Come and let us work out schemes against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest [as Jeremiah predicts], nor the counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with our tongue [by making charges against him before the king], and let us ignore anything he says.”
Micah 2:1-2
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.
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And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather]
They trust in empty arguments and speak lies;
They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.
“I will go to the great [men]
And speak to them,
For they [must] know the way of the Lord,
The ordinance of their God.”
But [I found the reverse to be true, that] they too had all alike broken the yoke [of God’s law]
And had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him].
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.