16 occurrences

'Devices' in the Bible

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מזמּה 
M@zimmah 
Usage: 19

הגּיון 
Higgayown 
Usage: 4

זמּה זמּה 
Zimmah 
Usage: 29

חשׁבּון 
Cheshbown 
Usage: 3

מועצה 
Mow`etsah 
Usage: 7

מחשׁבת מחשׁבה 
Machashabah 
Usage: 56

ἐνθύμησις 
Enthumesis 
Usage: 4

νόημα 
Noema 
Usage: 6