6 Bible Verses about Man's Counsel

So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy "The Potter's Field" with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.

and gave the money for 'The Potter's Field,' as the Lord directed me."

Then the Pharisees conspired as to how they could trap Jesus by what He said.

Now when morning came, all the leading priests and the elders of the [Jewish] people conferred together against Jesus as to how they might put Him to death.

And when they had assembled with the [Jewish] elders and conferred with them, they offered large sums of money to the soldiers,

And the Pharisees immediately went out and conferred with the Herodians against Jesus, plotting how they could kill Him. [Note: These Herodians were members of a political party favoring King Herod]