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.

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to fiery hell.

Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.

Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,

When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin -- that is, the whole high council of the Israelites -- and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

Then he said to the council, "Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

Paul looked directly at the council and said, "Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day."

Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!"

So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place."

He replied, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.

Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!"

What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.

In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will