Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Bible References
Thoughts
Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous brings only good,
But the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.
The desire of the righteous brings only good,
But the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.
Proverbs 24:9
The devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is repulsive to men.
The devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is repulsive to men.
Psalm 119:15
I will meditate on Your precepts
And [thoughtfully] regard Your ways [the path of life established by Your precepts].
I will meditate on Your precepts
And [thoughtfully] regard Your ways [the path of life established by Your precepts].
Psalm 139:23
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked leave (behind) his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion (mercy) on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
Let the wicked leave (behind) his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion (mercy) on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked and immoral thoughts
Lodge within you?
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked and immoral thoughts
Lodge within you?
Counsels
Psalm 12:2
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalm 36:2
For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes
Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].
For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes
Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].
Psalm 41:6
And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,
While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];
When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].
And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,
While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];
When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].
Psalm 140:1 Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;
Protect me from violent men.
Protect me from violent men.
Matthew 2:3
When Herod the king heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew 26:4
and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
1 Corinthians 4:5
So do not go on passing judgment before the appointed time, but wait until the Lord comes, for He will both bring to light the [secret] things that are hidden in darkness and disclose the motives of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced the disgraceful things hidden because of shame; not walking in trickery or adulterating the word of God, but by stating the truth [openly and plainly], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.