15 occurrences

'Devices' in the Bible

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work

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

Verse ConceptsPeople With General KnowledgeWronging Other PeopleThoughtsimagination

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering

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

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinMore Than EnoughMaking DecisionsSin Producing Afflictionsconsequences

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had 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.

Verse ConceptsLambsBeing Killed Like An AnimalForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleKilled Like An Animal

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceadvisersPlansStudying The LawThe Work Of The WiseMan's CounselThe TongueWisdom And GuidanceBeing LostGod's Plan For Usrumors

He shall enter peaceably even upon 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 the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansShort Time For ActionDividing The Spoil

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 be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsEvil PlansBravery

Bible Theasaurus

Device (18 instances)
Devices (43 instances)
Twist (12 instances)

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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

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