'Thought' in the Bible

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

“Now therefore, I’ve come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought: I must speak to the king. Perhaps the king will grant his servant’s request.

Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the Angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.”

honey, curds, sheep, cheese, and cattle for David and for the people who [were] with him to eat. For they had thought, "The troops [are] hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."

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.

And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

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.

if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly’;

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.

Jeroboam then thought to himself: "Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

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.

At noon Elijah mocked them, "Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened."

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.

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.

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?

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good,” for he thought: Why not, if there will be peace and security during my lifetime?

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.

David thought, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced. The temple that will be built for the LORD is to be magnificent, well known, and internationally honored, so I will complete preparations for it." So before his death, David finished providing a great quantity of materials for it.

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

if they take thought in the land where they are taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly’;

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 Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

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.

He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. He reasoned, "Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me." But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

With his queen seated beside him, the king asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you return?" The king thought it was a good idea to send me, so I presented him with a prepared plan.

I thought it over and then challenged the nobles and the rulers. I said to them, “You are exacting usury (excessive interest) from your own brother (relative).” So I held a great assembly to confront them.

That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

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.

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

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

Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job’s regular practice.

"Look! We have thought all this through, and what we've said is true; So please listen and learn for your own good!"

I hate the thought of living forever! Leave me alone, because my days are pointless."

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

‘Yet these [present evils] You have hidden in Your heart [since my creation]:I know that this was within You [in Your purpose and thought].

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

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.

So I thought: I will die in my own nestand multiply my days as the sand.

if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court,

I thought that age should speakand maturity should teach wisdom.

If he only thought of himself, and gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,

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

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

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

What is man that You take thought of him,And the son of man that You care for him?

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.

Why has the wicked spurned and shown disrespect to God?He has said to himself, “You will not require me to account.”

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

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 within me became incensed; as I thought about it, the fire burned. Then I spoke out:

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.

Even though I am afflicted and needy,Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.You are my help and my rescuer.O my God, do not delay.

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

For your sake we are being killed all day long. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.

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;

We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

You have done these things, and I kept silent;you thought I was just like you.But I will rebuke youand lay out the case before you.

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.)

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the 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.

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

I thought of ancient times, considering years long past.

Then I said, "I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

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

I thought, 'You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.'

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

For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a passing thought.

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

When I thought, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Yahweh, supported me.

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 thanks to You with an upright heart,When I learn [through discipline] Your righteous judgments [for my transgressions].

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 thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

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.

A song of ascents. When the Lord restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming.

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

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.