32 Bible Verses about Evil Plans
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For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.
They devise evil things in their hearts;
They continually [gather together and] stir up wars.
Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who do evil,
Who speak peace with their neighbors,
While malice and mischief are in their hearts.
He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.
How long will you attack a man
So that you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who devise wickedness
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.
Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually;
Who spreads discord and strife.
Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.
‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day that thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan,
From you [O Nineveh],
One has gone forth who plotted evil against the Lord,
A malevolent counselor [the king of Assyria].
As for the rogue, his weapons are evil;
He conceives wicked plans
To ruin the poor with lies,
Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.
The lips and whispering of my assailants
Are against me all day long.
The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are just (honest, reliable),
But the counsels and schemes of the wicked are deceitful.
Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
As they approach their plotting,
Their mind burns [with intrigue] like an oven [while they lie in wait].
Their anger smolders all night;
In the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
Although I trained and strengthened their arms [for victory over their enemies],
Yet they devise evil against Me.
and do not oppress or exploit the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise or even imagine evil in your hearts against one another.’
And let none of you devise or even imagine evil in your heart against another, and do not love lying or half-truths; for all these things I hate,’ declares the Lord.”
Evil plans and thoughts of the wicked are exceedingly vile and offensive to the Lord,
But pure words are pleasant words to Him.
“Woe (judgment is coming) to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Then the Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise evil and give wicked advice in this city,
In a time of tranquility, [without warning] he will enter the most productive and richest parts of the kingdom [of Egypt], and he will accomplish that which his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers; he will distribute plunder, spoil and goods among them. He will devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time [decreed by God].
He will stir up his strength and courage against [his former Egyptian ally] the king of the South (Ptolemy VI) with a great army; so the king of the South will prepare an extremely great and powerful army to wage war, but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him.
Because Aram, along with Ephraim (Israel) and the son of Remaliah, have planned evil against you (Judah), saying,