2 occurrences

'Designing' in the Bible

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, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofPlansReformationGod Will Bring Harm

Bible Theasaurus

Contrive (2 instances)
Cunning (54 instances)
Designing (22 instances)
Project (14 instances)
Representation (8 instances)
Scheming (13 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain