Ezekiel 38:10

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Summary

Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

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Think an evil thought

General references

Proverbs 24:8

Matthew 2:7

Bible References

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They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

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.

Think an evil thought

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

General references

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.