Counsel

He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”

“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.

And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.

Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan advised.

Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.

“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

…because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

…let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

…because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

…who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

…the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.

And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.