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.
Proverbs 24:9

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].
Psalm 139:23

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.
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?

Counsels

Psalm 12:2

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].
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].
Psalm 140:1
Rescue me, O Lord, from evil 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.