Strong's G1012 βουλή (boule)

And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Let not my soul come into their counsel, And let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, For in their wrath they slew men, And in their passion they houghed a bull.

and rose up before Moses, and two hundred and fifty men of the sons of Israel, chiefs of the assembly, chosen counselors, and men of renown.

It is a nation that has lost counsel, Neither is there understanding in them.

And it was so, that everyone who saw it said, Such a day as this has not happened nor has been seen from the day of the going up of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt until this day: take ye counsel concerning it, and speak.

Behold, all ye are children of Israel; and consider and take counsel here among yourselves.

And it was reported to David, saying, Ahithophel also is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord my God, disconcert, I pray thee, the counsel of Ahithophel.

but if thou shall return to the city, and shalt say to Absalom, Thy brethren are passed over, and the king thy father is passed over after me: and now I am thy servant, O king, suffer me to live: at one time even of late I was the servant of thy father, and now I am thy humble servant—so shalt thou disconcert for me the counsel of Ahithophel.

And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Deliberate among yourselves concerning what we should do.

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in former days, was as if one should inquire of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and also to Absalom.

And Hushai said to Absalom, This counsel which Ahithophel has counseled this one time is not good.

And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord ordained to disconcert the good counsel of Ahithophel, that the Lord might bring all evil upon Absalom.

And Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, and he saddled his ass, and rose and departed to his house into his city; and he gave orders to his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they gave him, and consulted with the young men who were brought up with him, who stood in his presence.

And the king answered the people harshly; and Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counseled him.

And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Thou hast said (but they are mere words), I have counsel and strength for war. Now then in whom dost thou trust, that thou hast revolted from me?

And some came to David from Manasseh, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul.

But he forsook the advice of the old men, who took counsel with him, and he took counsel with the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before him.

And the king answered harshly; and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

And he walked in their counsels, and he went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria to Ramoth-gilead: and the archers smote Joram.

And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

And Mordecai and Esther the queen appointed a fast for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health.

Frustrating the counsels of the crafty, And their hands shall not perform the truth:

Who takes the wise in their wisdom, And subverts the counsel of the crafty.

Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? For thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, And attended to the counsel of the ungodly.

With him are wisdom and power, With him counsel and understanding.

Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, And let his counsel deceive him.

Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from him.

Men heard me, and gave heed, And they were silent at my counsel.

Who is this that hides counsel from me, And confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?

For who is he that hides counsel from thee? Or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from thee? And who will tell me what I knew not, Great and wonderful things which I understood not?

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, And has not stood in the way of sinners, And has not sat in the seat of evil men.

Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, Nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, Because the Lord is his hope.

Grant thee according to thy heart, And fulfill all thy desire.

For they intended evils against thee; They imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.

The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; He brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, And brings to nought the counsels of princes.

But the counsel of the Lord endures forever, The thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

Come and behold the works of God; He is terrible in his counsels beyond the children of men.

Thou hast guided me by thy counsel, And thou hast taken me to thyself with glory.

God is glorified in the council of the saints; Great and terrible toward all that are round about him.

They made haste, they forgot his works; They waited not for his counsel.

Many a time he delivered them; But they provoked him by their counsel, And they were brought low by their iniquities.

Because they rebelled against the words of God, And provoked the counsel of the Most High.

Alleluia. I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

But ye set at nought my counsels, And disregarded my reproofs;

Neither would they attend to my counsels, But derided my reproofs.

Good counsel shall guard thee, And holy understanding shall keep thee;

Of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, And forgotten the covenant of God.

My son, let them not pass from thee, But keep my counsel and understanding:

I wisdom have dwelt with counsel and knowledge, And I have called upon understanding.

Counsel and safety are mine: Prudence is mine, and strength is mine.

A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly: But he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.

They that have no guidance fall like leaves: But in much counsel there is safety.

But counsel abides in the hearts of counselors.

There are many thoughts in a man’s heart; But the counsel of the Lord abides forever.

Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water; But a prudent man will draw it out.

There is no wisdom, there is no courage, There is no counsel against the ungodly.

On the table of thy heart, for counsel and knowledge.

Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:

Then I looked on to see wisdom, And madness, and folly: For who is the man who will follow after counsel, In all things wherein he employs it?

Wherefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their countenance has withstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, and made it manifest.

And in that day God shall shine gloriously in counsel on the earth, to exalt and glorify the remnant of Israel.

who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

And as for the son of Aram, and the son of Remaliah, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, saying,

thus saith the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

And whatsoever counsel ye shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatsoever word ye shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.

For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.

For yet a little while, and the indignation shall cease: but my wrath shall be against their council.

and the Spirit of God shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and godliness shall fill him;

This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth: and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.

And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them; and I will frustrate their counsel: and they shall inquire of their gods and their images, and them that speak out of the earth, and them that have in them a divining spirit.

And the princes of Tanis shall be fools: as for the king’s wise counselors, their counsel shall be turned into folly: how will ye say to the king, We are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings?

And the land of the Jews shall be for a terror to the Egyptians: whosoever shall name it to them, they shall fear, because of the counsel which the Lord of hosts has purposed concerning it.

O Lord God, I will glorify thee, I will sing to thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even an ancient and faithful counsel. So be it.

they shall anoint themselves with ointment in this mountain. Impart thou all these things to the nations; for this is God’s counsel upon all the nations.

A curse shall devour this counsel, for this is their counsel for the sake of covetousness.

Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?

Woe to the apostate children, saith the Lord: ye have framed counsel, not by me, and covenants not by my Spirit, to add sins to sins:

Turn, ye children of Israel, who devise a deep and sinful counsel.

For the counsel of the wicked will devise iniquity, to destroy the poor with unjust words, and ruin the cause of the poor in judgment.

But the godly have devised wise measures, and this counsel shall stand.

Is war carried on with counsel and mere words of the lips? and now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Your judgment draws nigh, saith the Lord God; your counsels have drawn nigh, saith the King of Jacob.

Who else will frustrate the tokens of those that have divining spirits, and prophecies from the heart of man? turning the wise back, and making their counsel foolishness;

and confirming the word of his servant, and verifying the counsel of his messengers: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Edom, Ye shall be built, and her desert places shall spring forth.

telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together: and I said, All my counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned:

Thou art wearied in thy counsels. Let now the astrologers of the heaven stand and deliver thee, let them that see the stars tell thee what is about to come upon thee.

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.

For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord.

Then they said, Come, and let us devise a device 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 we will hear all his words.

And thou, Lord, knowest all their deadly counsel against me: account not their iniquities guiltless, and blot not out their sins from before thee: let their weakness come before thee; deal with them in the time of thy wrath.

And I will destroy the counsel of Judah and the counsel of Jerusalem in this place; and I will cast them down with the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the earth.

Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has taken against Babylon; and his devices, which he has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting it: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed: surely pasture shall be cut off from them.

Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord; There is no longer wisdom in Tema, counsel has perished from the wise ones, their wisdom is gone,

Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has framed against Edom; and his device, which he has devised against the inhabitants of Teman: surely the least of the sheep shall be swept off; surely their dwelling shall be made desolate for them.

Flee ye, dig very deep for a dwelling place, ye that dwell in the palace; for the king of Babylon has framed a counsel, and devised a device against you.

the Lord of great counsel, and mighty in deeds, the great Almighty God, and Lord of great name: thine eyes are upon the ways of the children of men, to give to every one according to his way:

There shall be woe upon woe, and there shall be message upon message; and a vision shall be sought from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

And the Lord said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise vanities, and take evil counsel in this city:

The elders of the Gebalians, and their wise men, who were in thee, these helped thy counsel: and all the ships of the sea and their rowers traded for thee to the utmost west.

Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the royal guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon; saying,

Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and thine iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.

And having bound it for the Assyrians, they carried it away as presents to King Jarim: Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.

And now, why hast thou known calamities? was there not a king to thee? or has thy counsel perished that pangs as of a woman in travail have seized upon thee?

But they know not the thought of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: for he has gathered them as sheaves of the floor.

For thou hast kept the statutes of Omri, and done all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye have walked in their ways, that I might deliver thee to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of nations.

And he shall receive power, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and there shall be a priest on his right hand, and a peaceable counsel shall be between them both.

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: