'Purposes' in the Bible

And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.

And the fat of that which comes to a natural death, and the fat of that which is attacked by beasts, may be used for other purposes, but not in any way for food.

Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.

And more than this, there were those in the land who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, doing the same disgusting crimes as the nations which the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.

He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.

And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.

Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.

See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.

They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.

The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.

But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places fertile again:

All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;

At that time Jerusalem will be named the seat of the Lord's kingdom; and all the nations will come together to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: and no longer will their steps be guided by the purposes of their evil hearts.

O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.

The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.

For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman: Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.

So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.

And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.

I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.

One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:

Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?

If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

And let our people go on with good works for necessary purposes, so that they may not be without fruit.

For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.