18 Bible Verses about Evil Devices
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Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah
"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.'
He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.
Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meetsteadfast love and faithfulness.
Whoever winks his eyes plansdishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass.
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.
And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;
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.
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.
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
The LORDbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
