16 occurrences

'Devices' in the Bible

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work

Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.

Verse ConceptsPeople With General KnowledgeWronging Other PeopleThoughtsimagination

therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinMore Than EnoughMaking DecisionsSin Producing Afflictionsconsequences

A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.

Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Verse ConceptsFall Of ManInventionsMan, Creation OfPerfection Of CreationMorality

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing that the more part practise their evil devices, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

Verse ConceptsAmbivalence

And I was like a tame lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

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

But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfHardened Heartsevil, origins ofHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPlansEvil DevicesGod's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Usimagination

And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceadvisersPlansStudying The LawThe Work Of The WiseMan's CounselThe TongueWisdom And GuidanceBeing LostGod's Plan For Usrumors

In time of peace shall he enter even into the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers: he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance, and he shall plan his devices against the fortified places, even for a time.

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansShort Time For ActionDividing The Spoil

And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall engage in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall plan devices against him.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsEvil PlansBravery

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ἐνθύμησις 
Enthumesis 
Usage: 4

νόημα 
Noema 
Usage: 6