מַחֲשָׁבָה H4284

Genesis 6:5 · KJV

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Exodus 31:4 · KJV

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Exodus 35:32 · KJV

And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Exodus 35:33 · KJV

And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.

2 Samuel 14:14 · KJV

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

1 Chronicles 28:9 · KJV

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

1 Chronicles 29:18 · KJV

O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

2 Chronicles 2:14 · KJV

The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

2 Chronicles 26:15 · KJV

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

Esther 8:3 · KJV

And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

Esther 8:5 · KJV

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:

Esther 9:25 · KJV

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Job 5:12 · KJV

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

Job 21:27 · KJV

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

Psalm 33:10 · KJV

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

Psalm 33:11 · KJV

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Psalm 40:5 · KJV

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Psalm 56:5 · KJV

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Psalm 92:5 · KJV

O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Psalm 94:11 · KJV

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

Proverbs 6:18 · KJV

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

Proverbs 12:5 · KJV

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 15:22 · KJV

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Proverbs 15:26 · KJV

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Proverbs 16:3 · KJV

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Proverbs 19:21 · KJV

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Proverbs 20:18 · KJV

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Proverbs 21:5 · KJV

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Isaiah 55:7 · KJV

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:8 · KJV

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 55:9 · KJV

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 59:7 · KJV

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Isaiah 66:18 · KJV

For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

Jeremiah 4:14 · KJV

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

Jeremiah 6:19 · KJV

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

Jeremiah 11:19 · KJV

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.

Jeremiah 18:11 · KJV

Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

Jeremiah 18:12 · KJV

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

Jeremiah 18:18 · KJV

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.

Jeremiah 29:11 · KJV

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.