'Designs' in the Bible
Hold them guilty, O God;Let them fall by their own designs and councils!Cast them out because of the abundance of their transgressions,For they are mutinous and have rebelled against You.
In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.
Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.
For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,
He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.
Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.
Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.
Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.
For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.
For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.
O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)