Lexicon :: Strong's G1011 - bouleuō

“You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result ​— ​the survival of many people.

Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God ​— ​such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

Hushai replied to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”

After they had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well and went and informed King David. They told him, “Get up and immediately ford the river, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to this people? ”

So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods[fn] who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

When the king of Aram was waging war against Israel, he conferred with his servants, “My camp will be at such and such a place.”

David consulted with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had attended his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to this people? ”

He asked them, “What message do you advise we send back to this people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’? ”

Then he consulted with the people and appointed some to sing for the LORD and some to praise the splendor of his holiness. When they went out in front of the armed forces, they kept singing:[fn]

Give thanks to the LORD,

for his faithful love endures forever.

King Amaziah of Judah took counsel and sent word to Jehoash[fn] son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, and challenged him: “Come, let’s meet face to face.”

For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the LORD in the second month,

The whole congregation decided to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy,

so he consulted with his officials and his warriors about stopping up the water of the springs that were outside the city, and they helped him.

They also bribed officials to act against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.

After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, “Each of you is charging his countrymen interest.” So I called a large assembly against them

and have even set up the prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf, “There is a king in Judah.” These rumors will be heard by the king. So come, let’s confer together.

And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, it seemed repugnant to Haman to do away with[fn] Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.

I have heard the gossip of many;

terror is on every side.

When they conspired against me,

they plotted to take my life.

They only plan to bring him down

from his high position.

They take pleasure in lying;

they bless with their mouths,

but they curse inwardly.Selah

For my enemies talk about me,

and those who spy on me plot together,

They devise clever schemes against your people;

they conspire against your treasured ones.

For they have conspired with one mind;

they form an alliance[fn] against you —

Plans fail when there is no counsel,

but with many advisers they succeed.

The look on their faces testifies against them,

and like Sodom, they flaunt their sin;

they do not conceal it.

Woe to them,

for they have brought disaster on themselves.

“For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say,

Devise a plan; it will fail.

Make a prediction; it will not happen.

For God is with us.[fn]

The LORD of Armies has sworn:

As I have purposed, so it will be;

as I have planned it, so it will happen.

This is the plan prepared

for the whole earth,

and this is the hand stretched out

against all the nations.

Give us counsel and make a decision.

Shelter us at noonday

with shade that is as dark as night.

Hide the refugees;

do not betray the one who flees.

Where then are your wise men?

Let them tell you and reveal

what the LORD of Armies has planned against Egypt.

The land of Judah will terrify Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble because of what the LORD of Armies has planned against it.

Who planned this against Tyre,

the bestower of crowns,

whose traders are princes,

whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?

This also comes from the LORD of Armies.

He gives wondrous advice;

he gives great wisdom.

Return to the one the Israelites have greatly rebelled against.

The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;

he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,

even when the poor person says what is right.

“Come, gather together,

and approach, you fugitives of the nations.

Those who carry their wooden idols

and pray to a god who cannot save

have no knowledge.

“I declare the end from the beginning,

and from long ago what is not yet done,

saying: my plan will take place,

and I will do all my will.

But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker,

who stretched out the heavens

and laid the foundations of the earth.

You are in constant dread all day long

because of the fury of the oppressor,

who has set himself to destroy.

But where is the fury of the oppressor?

Therefore, hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies he has devised against the people of Teman: The flock’s little lambs will certainly be dragged away, and their grazing land will be made desolate because of them.

Run! Escape quickly! Lie low,

residents of Hazor —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon

has drawn up a plan against you;

he has devised a strategy against you.

Therefore, hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Certainly the flock’s little lambs will be dragged away; certainly the grazing land will be made desolate because of them.

The LORD[fn] said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

My people,

remember what King Balak of Moab proposed,

what Balaam son of Beor answered him,

and what happened from the Acacia Grove[fn] to Gilgal

so that you may acknowledge

the LORD’s righteous acts.

You have planned shame for your house

by wiping out many peoples

and sinning against your own self.