Thematic Bible: Devices


Thematic Bible



Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer. Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

"But they say, 'That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.' Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfHardened Heartsevil, origins ofHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPlansEvil DevicesGod's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Usimagination



Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meetsteadfast love and faithfulness. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

Whoever winks his eyes plansdishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

As for the scoundrel--his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin


A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of evil devices he condemns. Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

The LORDbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering

But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work


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