O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.

And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the Lord by the decision of the Urim. At his command they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community."

Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor -- which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord!

Eli said, "What message did he speak to you? Don't conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!"

Some men from Manasseh joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: "It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.")

Therefore let us enact a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, and that of those who respect the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.

Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

We will not buy on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan.

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

"With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

"O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

Do you listen in on God's secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

But it was he who filled their houses with good things -- yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty's mind I will not conceal.

"Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.

you asked, 'Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?' But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.

To learn wisdom and moral instruction, and to discern wise counsel.

Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.

He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,

for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel.

Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.

The delight of kings is righteous counsel, and they love the one who speaks uprightly.

One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

There are many plans in a person's mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.

Counsel in a person's heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.

There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.

Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel.

who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,

But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.

But if that nation does what displeases me and does not obey me, then I will cancel the good I promised to do to it.

Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.

My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council of my people, nor be written in the registry of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel to Arioch, who was in charge of the king's executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.