Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

General references

Bible References

Lo

Job 1:21
He said,

“Naked (without possessions) I came [into this world] from my mother’s womb,
And naked I will return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Job 12:9

“Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life]
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
Psalm 49:6

Even those who trust in and rely on their wealth
And boast of the abundance of their riches?
Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 8:8

There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,
Nor does he have authority over the day of death;
There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,
And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.
Luke 16:2
So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management [of my affairs], for you can no longer be [my] manager.’

The counsel

Job 22:18

“Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked and ungodly is far from me.
Genesis 49:6

“O my soul, do not come into their secret council;
Let not my glory (honor) be united with their assembly [for I knew nothing of their plot];
Because in their anger they killed men [an honored man, Shechem, and the Shechemites],
And in their self-will they lamed oxen.
Psalm 1:1
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example],
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of scoffers (ridiculers).
Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.
Proverbs 5:8

Let your way [in life] be far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],

General references

Job 9:29

“I am accounted wicked and held guilty;
Why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?