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 is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Psalm 119:15
I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
Isaiah 55:7
let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Counsels
Psalm 12:2
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
Psalm 36:2
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
Psalm 41:6
And if he come to see me , he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Psalm 140:1
Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:
Matthew 2:3
And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew 26:4
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.