counsel, purpose
Primary meaning: counsel, purpose. Strong's: volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose. Lexical nuances: counsel, purpose (in cl., esp. of the gods): Lk 23:51 , Ac 4:28 5:38 19:1 27:12 , 42 ; pl., I Co 4:5 ; of the Divine purpose, He 6:17 ; τ. βουλὴν τ. θελήματος αὐτοῦ , Eph 1:11 ; β. τ. Θεοῦ , Lk 7:30 , Ac 2:23 13:36 20:27 .†
Derivation: from G1014 (βούλομαι);
secret counsel, assembly, intimate fellowship
Intimate circle, divine council, secret purpose; 'The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him' (Psalm 25:14, Amos 3:7).
Derivation: From יָסַד (H3245) to sit together, found.
Matthew • Chapter 27 (66 verses)
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas , which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Eli , Cyrene , Golgotha , Galilee .
Ecclesiastes • Chapter 8 (17 verses)
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. Be not hasty to go out of his sight...
Isaiah • Chapter 30 (33 verses)
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt , and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Phara... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Zoan , Hanes , Zion , Jerusalem .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 30 (27 verses)
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah , and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh , that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem , to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel . For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in J... Mentions: Hezekiah , Jacob/Israel, Judah , Ephraim , Manasseh , Jerusalem , Dan , Assyria , Kidron .
Isaiah • Chapter 16 (14 verses)
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion . For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon . Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow... Mentions: Moab , David , Sela , Zion , Arnon , Kir .
Job • Chapter 38 (41 verses)
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Psalms • Chapter 13 (6 verses)
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep ...
Old Testament • 150 Chapters
Psalms (Old Testament, 150 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , David , Abram/Abraham , Judah , Manasseh , Ephraim . Key places: Zion , Bashan , Lebanon , Sirion , Kadesh 1 , Jordan . Opens with: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornf..."
Psalms • Chapter 1 (6 verses)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the riv...
Psalms • Chapter 64 (10 verses)
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Isaiah • Chapter 25 (12 verses)
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. ... Mentions: Moab .
Isaiah • Chapter 11 (16 verses)
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse , and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; And s... Mentions: Jesse , Cush , Elam , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Assyria , Egypt , Pathros .
Job • Chapter 42 (17 verses)
Then Job answered the Lord, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Mentions: Eliphaz .
Psalms • Chapter 2 (12 verses)
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Mentions: Zion .
Psalms • Chapter 83 (18 verses)
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Ammon , Amalek , Edom, Gebal .
Job • Chapter 26 (14 verses)
But Job answered and said, How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 5 (68 verses)
And it came to pass, when the Gentiles round about heard that the altar was built, and the sanctuary dedicated as aforetime, they were exceeding angry. And they took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the p... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judas , Esau ( Edom ), Ammon , Simon , Esau, Jazer , Gilead , Galilee .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 10 (19 verses)
And Rehoboam went to Shechem : for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt , whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt . And they sent and c... Mentions: Rehoboam , Jacob/Israel , Solomon , David , Jesse , Shechem, Egypt, Jerusalem .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 23 (27 verses)
O Lord, Father and Master of my life, Abandon me not to their counsel: Suffer me not to fall by them. Who will set scourges over my thought, And a discipline of wisdom over mine heart? That they spare me not for mine ignorances, And my heart pass not by their sins: That mine ign... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 6 (37 verses)
And instead of a friend become not an enemy; For an evil name shall inherit shame and reproach: Even so shall the sinner that has a double tongue. Exalt not yourself in the counsel of your soul; That your soul be not torn in pieces as a bull: You shall eat up your leaves, and des...
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 9 (32 verses)
Why delay you, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers. And we should be disgracing our fathers if we did not obey the law, and take knowledge for our guide. O tyrant, counsellor of law-breaking, do not, hating us as you do, pity us m... Mentions: Eleazar .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 44 (23 verses)
Let us now praise famous men, And our fathers that became the father of us. The Lord manifested in them great glory, Even his mighty power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, And were men renowned for their power, Giving counsel by their understanding,... Mentions: Enoch , Noah , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .
2 Esdras • Chapter 2 (48 verses)
Thus says the Lord, I brought this people out of bondage, and I gave them my commandments by my servants the prophets; whom they would not hear, but set my counsels at nothing. The mother that bare them says to them, go your way, O my children; for I am a widow and forsaken. I br... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Sodom , Gomorrah , Jerusalem , Horeb .
1 Kings • Chapter 12 (33 verses)
And Rehoboam went to Shechem : for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt , heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon , and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt ;) That they sent and called ... Mentions: Rehoboam , Jacob/Israel , Solomon , David , Jesse , Shechem, Egypt, Jerusalem , Ephraim , Penuel .
Ezra • Chapter 10 (44 verses)
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of t... Mentions: Ezra , Jacob/Israel , Elam , Judah , Benjamin , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Immer , Telem .
Mark • Chapter 3 (35 verses)
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , James ( Jacob ), Judas , Galilee , Jerusalem , Jordan , Tyre , Sidon .
Hosea • Chapter 10 (15 verses)
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Judah , Samaria , Assyria , Aven , Gibeah 1 .
2 Samuel • Chapter 17 (29 verses)
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will ... Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Dan , Zadok , Jonathan , Bahurim , Jerusalem , Jordan , Mahanaim .
Matthew • Chapter 28 (20 verses)
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the do... Mentions: Mary, Yeshua the Messiah , Galilee .
John • Chapter 18 (40 verses)
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, hav... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Judas, Simon , Nazareth .
Job • Chapter 10 (22 verses)
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work...
Hosea • Chapter 4 (19 verses)
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel : for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Gilgal 1 .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 37 (31 verses)
Every friend will say, I also am his friend: But there is a friend, which is only a friend in name. Is there not a grief in it even to death, When a companion and friend is turned to enmity? O wicked imagination, whence came you rolling in To cover the dry land with deceitfulness... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
Isaiah • Chapter 46 (13 verses)
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. Hearken un... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Nebo 1 , Zion .