22 occurrences in 3 translations

'Designing' in the Bible

And if the one who has the right of punishment comes after him, they are not to give the taker of life up to him; because he was the cause of his neighbour's death without designing it and not in hate.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot Hating

And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

Verse ConceptsFar Be It!Things Revealed

And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against Israel.

Now after these things and this true-hearted work, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came into Judah, and put his army in position before the walled towns of Judah, designing to make his way into them by force.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples Of

Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

Verse ConceptsHarvestNot Reaping What You SowOvercoming Obstacles

Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.

Verse ConceptsHeels

False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAliancesTrapCharacter AssassinationPlottingAttempting To Kill MeFear Will Cometerrorism

For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

Verse ConceptsClaimsDeception In Fallen Human NatureQuietnessPeace, In The WickedDeceitful TonguesNo Peace

All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

Verse ConceptsWhispering Of EvilPeople Being HatedUnder One's BreathHurthaters

How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansWalls

Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

Verse ConceptsBrokennessdiscouragementKindnessUnkindnessCharacter Of WickedPersecutionA Broken HeartBroken Heartsheartbrokenharassment

But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

Verse ConceptsLambsBeing Killed Like An AnimalForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleKilled Like An Animal

"Now say to the people of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem, "This is what the LORD says: "Look, I'm designing a disaster just for you, and I'm making plans against you. Each one of you must repent from his evil way. Make your ways and deeds right."'

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofPlansReformationGod Will Bring Harm

Then he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who are designing evil, who are teaching evil ways in this town:

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin

Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Verse ConceptsAmusementsInventionsRecreationWriting SongsComposersHarpsinstruments

What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.

Verse ConceptsEnd Of ActionsGod Executes VengeanceAfflictionsSicknessTragedy

One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansTrapSickness

But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;

Verse ConceptsDeath, Of UnbelieversDestructionProfanityWicked Described AsInstinctAnnihilationDestruction Of The WickedKilling Wild AnimalsBeing Killed Like An AnimalMen Similar To AnimalsMammalsKilled Like An AnimalPetsignorancecorruptionacting

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Contrive (2 instances)
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Designing (22 instances)
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Representation (8 instances)
Scheming (13 instances)

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