'Thought' in the Bible

Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.

But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.

And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;

But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.

Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.

Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;

After their destruction take care that you do not go in their ways, and that you do not give thought to their gods, saying, How did these nations give worship to their gods? I will do as they did.

And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

Now when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have put before you, if the thought of them comes back to your minds, when you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has sent you,

Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

You have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.

If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

And the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God, and had no more thought of going to war against the children of Reuben and the children of Gad for the destruction of their land.

Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.

And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.

When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide, and God has given it into your hands: a place where there is everything on earth for man's needs.

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it.

As for your asses which have been wandering for three days, give no thought to them, for they have come back. And for whom are all the desired things in Israel? are they not for you and your father's family?

And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

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?

But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.

Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.

Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)

But the people said, It is better for you not to go out: for if we are put to flight, they will not give a thought to us, and if death overtakes half of us, it will be nothing to them: but you are of more value than ten thousand of us: so it is better for you to be ready to come to our help from this town.

So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.

And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hands, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hands?

Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destruction through all the land of Israel. Now give thought to the answer I am to take back to him who sent me.

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, turning again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.

Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

Give ear to my words, O Lord; give thought to my heart-searchings.

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor.

Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.

For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,

O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?

O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;

Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.

For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.

Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.

And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.

I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.

I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.

Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.

In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.

Lord, give thought to David, and to all his troubles;

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?