Haller's Concordance: COUNSEL
- Now therefore, my son, follow my counsel: Gen. 27:8
- The counsel pleased Pharao, and all his servants. Gen. 41:37
- Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but by the will of God: who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao, and lord of his whole house, and governor in all the land of Egypt. Gen. 45:8
- Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: because in their fury they slew a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall. Gen. 49:6
- But yet going to my people, I will give thee counsel, what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. Num. 24:14
- Are not these they, that deceived the children of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which also the people was punished? Num. 31:16
- They are a nation without counsel, and without wisdom. Dt. 32:28
- They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we took this counsel. Josu. 9:24
- And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man, with one mind, and one counsel: Judg. 20:11
- So they took counsel, and said: Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona. Judg. 21:19
- And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infatuate, O Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achitophel. 2 Ki. 15:31
- But if thou return into the city, and wilt say to Absalom: I am thy servant, O king: as I have been thy father's servant, so I will be thy servant: thou shalt defeat the counsel of Achitophel. 2 Ki. 15:34
- Now the counsel of Achitophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man should consult God: so was all the counsel of Achitophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom. 2 Ki. 16:23
- And when Chusai was come to Absalom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do it or not? what counsel dost thou give? 2 Ki. 17:6
- And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that Achitophel hath given this time is not good. 2 Ki. 17:7
- But this seemeth to me to be good counsel: Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered: and thou shalt be in the midst of them. 2 Ki. 17:11
- And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. 2 Ki. 17:14
- And Chusai said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests: Thus and thus did Achitophel counsel Absalom, and the ancients of Israel: and thus and thus did I counsel them. 2 Ki. 17:15
- And when they were gone, they came up out of the well, and going on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river: for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given against you. 2 Ki. 17:21
- But Achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed, saddled his ass, and arose and went home to his house and to his city, and putting his house in order, hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 2 Ki. 17:23
- Now then, come, take my counsel, and save thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 3 Ki. 1:12
- King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people? 3 Ki. 12:6
- But he left the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had been brought up with him, and stood before him. 3 Ki. 12:8
- And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke, which thy father put upon us, lighter? 3 Ki. 12:9
- And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, 3 Ki. 12:13
- And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions. 3 Ki. 12:14
- And make up the number of soldiers that have been slain of thine, and horses, according to the former horses, and chariots, according to the chariots which thou hadst before: and we will fight against them in the plains, and thou shalt see that we shall overcome them. He believed their counsel, and did so. 3 Ki. 20:25
- And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying: In such and such a place, let us lay an ambush. 4 Ki. 6:8
- Perhaps thou hast taken counsel, to prepare thyself for battle. On whom dost thou trust, that thou darest to rebel? 4 Ki. 18:20
- And there were some of Manasses that went over to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to fight: but he did not fight with them: because the lords of the Philistines taking counsel sent him back, saying: With the danger of our heads he will return to his master Saul. 1 Par. 12:19
- Also of the sons of Issachar men of understanding, that knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel. 1 Par. 12:32
- He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people? 2 Par. 10:6
- But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train. 2 Par. 10:8
- And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients. 2 Par. 10:13
- And he gave counsel to the people, and appointed the singing men of the Lord, to praise him by their companies, and to go before the army, and with one voice to say: Give glory to the Lord, for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Par. 20:21
- And when he spoke these things, he answered him: Art thou the king's counsellor? be quiet, lest I kill thee. And the prophet departing, said: I know that God is minded to kill thee, because thou hast done this evil, and moreover hast not hearkened to my counsel. 2 Par. 25:16
- Then Amasias king of Juda taking very bad counsel, sent to Joas the son of Joachaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying: Come, let us see one another. 2 Par. 25:17
- But hear ye my counsel, and release the captives that you have brought of your brethren, because a great indignation of the Lord hangeth over you. 2 Par. 28:11
- For the king, taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase the second month. 2 Par. 30:2
- Nevertheless some men of Aser, and of Manasses, and of Zabulon, yielding to the counsel, came to Jerusalem. 2 Par. 30:11
- He took counsel with the princes, and the most valiant men, to stop up the heads of the springs, that were without the city: and as they were all of this mind, 2 Par. 32:3
- And at the same time came to them Thathanai, who was governor beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and their counsellors: and said thus to them: Who hath given you counsel to build this house, and to repair the walls thereof? 1 Esd. 5:3
- And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the ancients, all his substance should be taken away, and he should be cast out of the company of them that were returned from captivity. 1 Esd. 10:8
- And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work. 2 Esd. 4:15
- Thou hast also set up prophets, to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judea. The king will hear of these things: therefore come now, that we may take counsel together. 2 Esd. 6:7
- For thy counsel is not in man's power. Tob. 3:20
- Seek counsel always of a wise man. Tob. 4:19
- And he called all the ancients, and all the governors, and his officers of war, and communicated to them the secret of his counsel: Jud. 2:2
- But they asked her no question, only they let her pass, saying: The God of our fathers give thee grace, and may he strengthen all the counsel of thy heart with his power, that Jerusalem may glory in thee, and thy name may be in the number of the holy and just. Jud. 10:8
- ¤ And when all the army heard that Holofernes was beheaded, courage and counsel fled from them, and being seized with trembling and fear they thought only to save themselves by flight. Jud. 15:1
- Asked the wise men, who according to the custom of the kings, were always near his person, and all he did was by their counsel, who knew the laws, and judgments of their forefathers: Esther 1:13
- His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan. Esther 1:21
- Give not, O Lord, thy sceptre to them that are not, lest they laugh at our ruin: but turn their counsel upon themselves, and destroy him that hath begun to rage against us. Esther 14:11
- Then Zares his wife, and the rest of his friends answered him: Order a great beam to be prepared, fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king, that Mardochai may be hanged upon it, and so thou shalt go full of joy with the king to the banquet. The counsel pleased him, and he commanded a high gibbet to be prepared. Esther 5:14
- And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight. Esther 6:13
- Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked: Job 5:13
- Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked? Job 10:3
- With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. Job 12:13
- Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee? Job 15:8
- The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong. Job 18:7
- Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me. Job 21:16
- To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence. Job 26:3
- They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel. Job 29:21
- Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge. Job 42:3
- ‡ ¤ Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence: Ps. 1:1
- For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man; but the Lord is his hope. Ps. 14:6
- But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Ps. 33:11
- They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints. Ps. 83:3
- They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsel. Ps. 106:13
- Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities. Ps. 106:43
- Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High: Ps. 107:11
- For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel. Ps. 119:24
- You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions. Pr. 1:25
- Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. Pr. 1:30
- Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, Pr. 2:11
- My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel: Pr. 3:21
- I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts. Pr. 8:12
- Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine. Pr. 8:14
- Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel. Pr. 11:14
- Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom. Pr. 13:10
- The prudent man doth all things with counsel: but he that is a fool, layeth open his folly. Pr. 13:16
- Designs are brought to nothing where there is no counsel: but where there are many counsellors, they are established. Pr. 15:22
- Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayst be wise in thy latter end. Pr. 19:20
- Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out. Pr. 20:5
- There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord. Pr. 21:30
- She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands. Pr. 31:13
- The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd. Eccl. 12:11
- For who among men is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of God is? Wis. 9:13
- Give ear, my son, and take wise counsel, and cast not away my advice. Sir. 6:24
- Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth. Sir. 8:21
- God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel. Sir. 15:14
- He created of him a helpmate like to himself, he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding. Sir. 17:5
- The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life. Sir. 21:16
- A frame of wood bound together in the foundation of a building, shall not be loosed: so neither shall the heart that is established by advised counsel. Sir. 22:19
- ¤ O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them. Sir. 23:1
- O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel! Sir. 25:6
- O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour! Sir. 25:7
- A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him. Sir. 27:30
- Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Sir. 30:22
- A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear: Sir. 32:22
- Even after he hath done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking. Sir. 32:23
- My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou shalt not repent when thou hast done. Sir. 32:24
- Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee. Sir. 37:7
- Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself. Sir. 37:8
- Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel. Sir. 37:14
- And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it. Sir. 37:17
- In all thy works let the true word go before thee, and steady counsel before every action. Sir. 37:20
- And he shall direct his counsel, and his knowledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate. Sir. 39:10
- Gold and silver make the feet stand sure: but wise counsel is above them both. Sir. 40:25
- Even Roboam that had little wisdom, who turned away the people through his counsel: Sir. 47:28
- That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it. Isa. 5:19
- Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying: Isa. 7:5
- Take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us. Isa. 8:10
- And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness. Isa. 11:2
- This is the counsel, that I have purposed upon all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations. Isa. 14:26
- Take counsel, gather a council: make thy shadow as the night in the midday: hide them that flee, and betray not them that wander about. Isa. 16:3
- And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers. Isa. 19:3
- The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? Isa. 19:11
- And the land of Juda shall be a terror to Egypt: everyone that shall remember it shall tremble because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined concerning it. Isa. 19:17
- Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth? Isa. 23:8
- This also is come forth from the Lord God of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magnify justice. Isa. 28:29
- Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us? Isa. 29:15
- ¤ Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin: Isa. 30:1
- Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from me? Isa. 36:5
- That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof. Isa. 44:26
- Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done: Isa. 46:10
- And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words. Jer. 18:18
- But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: forgive not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them. Jer. 18:23
- And I will defeat the counsel of Juda and of Jerusalem in this place: and I will destroy them with the sword in the sight of their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their carcasses to be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth. Jer. 19:7
- For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered his word and heard it? Jer. 23:18
- The wrath of the Lord shall not return till he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand his counsel. Jer. 23:20
- If they had stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them from their evil way, and from their wicked doings. Jer. 23:22
- Great in counsel, and incomprehensible in thought: whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of Adam, to render unto every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his devices. Jer. 32:19
- Then Jeremias said to Sedecias: If I shall declare it to thee, wilt thou not put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken to me. Jer. 38:15
- Against Edom. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Theman? counsel is perished from her children: their wisdom is become unprofitable. Jer. 49:7
- Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his thoughts which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down, of a truth they shall destroy them with their habitation. Jer. 49:20
- Flee ye, get away speedily, sit in deep holes, you that inhabit Asor, saith the Lord: for Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived designs against you. Jer. 49:30
- Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken against Babylon: and his thoughts which he hath thought against the land of the Chaldeans: surely the little ones of the flocks shall pull them down, of a truth their habitation shall be destroyed with them. Jer. 50:45
- Trouble shall come upon trouble, and rumour upon rumour, and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. Ezec. 7:26
- And he said to me: Son of man, these are the men that study iniquity, and frame a wicked counsel in this city, Ezec. 11:2
- Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and redeem thou thy sins with alms, and thy iniquities with works of mercy to the poor: perhaps he will forgive thy offences. Dan. 4:27
- But they have not known the thoughts of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the hay of the floor. Mic. 4:12
- Yea, he shall build a temple to the Lord: and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit, and rule upon his throne: and he shall be a priest upon his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. Zach. 6:13
- And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel: give ear to him always, and he shall be a father to you. 1 Ma. 2:65
- And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down. 1 Ma. 4:45
- And Nicanor knew that his counsel was discovered: and he went out to fight against Judas, near Capharsalama. 1 Ma. 7:31
- And how great things they had done in the land of Spain, and that they had brought under their power the mines of silver and of gold that are there, and had gotten possession of all the place by their counsel and patience: 1 Ma. 8:3
- So they went, and gave him counsel. 1 Ma. 9:59
- And they fought against Bacchides, and he was discomfited by them: and they afflicted him exceedingly, for his counsel, and his enterprise was in vain. 1 Ma. 9:68
- And he was angry with the wicked men that had given him counsel to come into their country, and he slew many of them: and he purposed to return with the rest into their country. 1 Ma. 9:69
- For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea. 2 Ma. 1:13
- Now when many sacrileges had been committed by Lysimachus in the temple, by the counsel of Menelaus, and the rumour of it was spread abroad, the multitude gathered themselves together against Lysimachus, a great quantity of gold being already carried away. 2 Ma. 4:39
- And when he had exhorted her with many words she promised that she would counsel her son. 2 Ma. 7:26
- But having gotten a convenient time to further his madness, being called to counsel by Demetrius, and asked what the Jews relied upon, and what were their counsels, 2 Ma. 14:5
- ¤ And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death. Mt. 27:1
- And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers, Mt. 28:12
- But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him. Lk. 7:30
- (The same had not consented to their counsel and doings) of Arimathea, a city of Judea: who also himself looked for the kingdom of God. Lk. 23:51
- Now Caiphas was he who had given the counsel to the Jews: That it was expedient that one man should die for the people. Jn. 18:14
- This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain. Acts 2:23
- To do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed to be done. Acts 4:28
- For I have not spared to declare unto you all, the counsel of God. Acts 20:27
- And whereas it was not a commodious haven to winter in, the greatest part gave counsel to sail thence, if by any means they might reach Phenice, to winter there, which is a haven of Crete, looking towards the southwest and northwest. Acts 27:12
- And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out should escape. Acts 27:42
- Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful. 1 Cor. 7:25
- But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel. And I think that I also have the spirit of God. 1 Cor. 7:40
- In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will. Eph. 1:11
- But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary. Ph'm 1:14
- Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed an oath: Heb. 6:17
- I counsel thee to buy of me gold, fire tried, that thou mayest be made rich and mayest be clothed in white garments: and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear. And anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Apoc. 3:18
- and if it shal be found, that the building of the house of the Lord, which is in Ierusalem, begane by the counsel of Cyrus the king, and it be thought good of our Lord the king, let him write to vs of these thinges. 3 Esd. 6:22
- And they accomplished al thinges by the precept of our Lord the God of Israel, and by the counsel of Cyrus, & Darius, and Artaxerxes the king of the Persians. 3 Esd. 7:4
- Because he turned the counsel of the king of the Assirians toward them, to strengthen their handes to the workes of our Lord the God of Israel. 3 Esd. 7:15
- ¤ THVS saith our Lord: I brought this people out of bondage, to whom I gaue commandment by my seruantes the Prophetes, whom they would not heare, but made my counsel frustrate. 4 Esd. 2:1
- I wil send thee ayde, my seruantes I saie, and Ieremie, at whose counsel I haue sanctified, and prepared for thee tweleue trees loden with diuerse fruites, 4 Esd. 2:18
- For if thou iustifie the end of God, thou shalt in time both receiue his counsel, and also in such thinges thou shalt be praysed. 4 Esd. 10:16
- But they gaue themselues this counsel, to forsake the multitude of nations, and to goe forth into a farther countrie, where mankind neuer inhabited. 4 Esd. 13:41
- For thou shalt be receiued of al, thou shalt be conuerted the residue with thy counsel, and with the like to thee, til the times be finished: 4 Esd. 14:9