'Devise' in the Bible

Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.

For they do not speak peace,But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,And they devise treachery all day long.

All who hate me whisper together against me;Against me they devise my hurt, saying,

They devise injustices, saying,“We are ready with a well-conceived plot”;For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.

Who devise evil things in their hearts;They continually stir up wars.

Do not devise harm against your neighbor,While he lives securely beside you.

Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,But counselors of peace have joy.

Will they not go astray who devise evil?But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

For their minds devise violence,And their lips talk of trouble.

“Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;State a proposal, but it will not stand,For God is with us.”

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”

He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,

‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan,

In a time of tranquility he will enter the richest parts of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.

Although I trained and strengthened their arms,Yet they devise evil against Me.

Whatever you devise against the Lord,He will make a complete end of it.Distress will not rise up twice.

and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,’ declares the Lord.”