'Purposes' in the Bible

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.