29 Bible Verses about Man's Counsel

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

Then they said, "Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words."

Now therefore come, let me give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here."

Then she said, "They used to say in former times, 'Let them but ask counsel at Abel,' and so they settled a matter.

When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity."

O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the LORD."

So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.

and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."

Behold, these, on Balaam's advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD.

And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Thus has Ahithophel spoken; shall we do as he says? If not, you speak."

But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person. So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left. If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we shall drag it into the valley, until not even a pebble is to be found there."read more.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel."For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring harm upon Absalom.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel."For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring harm upon Absalom.

Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, "How do you advise me to answer this people?" And they said to him, "If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever." But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.

But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.

And he said to them, "What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, 'Lighten the yoke that your father put on us'?"

And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,

So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, "You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, "At such and such a place shall be my camp."

And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, 'There is a king in Judah.' And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together."

For my enemies speak concerning me; those who watch for my life consult together

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.

When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers

The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Yet he filled their houses with good things-- but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.