עֵצָה

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

Deuteronomy 32:28

• עֵצ֖וֹתetzotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: of counsels

Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”

Judges 20:7

• וְעֵצָ֖הveetzahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and counsel

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

2 Samuel 15:31

• עֲצַ֥תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

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.’

2 Samuel 15:34

• עֲצַ֥תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

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

2 Samuel 16:20

• עֵצָ֖הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

2 Samuel 16:23

• וַעֲצַ֣תvaatzatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and counsel of
• עֲצַ֣תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”

2 Samuel 17:7

• הָעֵצָ֛הhaetzahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the counsel

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.

2 Samuel 17:14

• עֲצַת֙ʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of
• מֵעֲצַ֖תmeatzatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than counsel of
• עֲצַ֤תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Samuel 17:23

• עֲצָתוֹ֒atzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: counsel his

Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

1 Kings 1:12

• עֵצָ֑הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

1 Kings 12:8

• עֲצַ֥תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

1 Kings 12:13

• עֲצַ֥תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

1 Kings 12:14

• כַּעֲצַ֤תkaatzatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to counsel of

You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

2 Kings 18:20

• עֵצָ֥הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)

1 Chronicles 12:19

• בְעֵצָ֗הveetzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: by plan

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

2 Chronicles 10:8

• עֲצַ֥תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

2 Chronicles 10:13

• עֲצַ֥תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

2 Chronicles 10:14

• כַּעֲצַ֤תkaatzatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to counsel of

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;

2 Chronicles 22:5

• בַּעֲצָתָם֮baatzatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in counsel their

While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

2 Chronicles 25:16

• לַעֲצָתִֽי׃ פlaatzatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to counsel my

They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 4:5

• עֲצָתָ֑םʾatzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: purpose their

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.

Ezra 10:3

• בַּעֲצַ֣תbaatzatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by counsel of

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.

Ezra 10:8

• כַּעֲצַ֤תkaatzatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to counsel of

When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.

Nehemiah 4:15

• עֲצָתָ֑םʾatzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: purpose their

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Job 5:13

• וַעֲצַ֖תvaatzatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and counsel of

Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Job 10:3

• עֲצַ֖תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plan of

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

Job 12:13

• עֵצָ֥הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

Job 18:7

• עֲצָתֽוֹ׃atzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: own plan his

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

Job 21:16

• עֲצַ֥תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

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

Job 22:18

• וַעֲצַ֥תvaatzatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and counsel of

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

Job 29:21

• עֲצָתִֽי׃ʾatzatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: counsel my

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

Job 38:2

• עֵצָ֥הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

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.

Job 42:3

• עֵצָ֗הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

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.

Psalms 1:1

• בַּעֲצַ֪תbaatzatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in counsel of

How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

Psalms 13:2

• עֵצ֡וֹתetzotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: counsels

You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.

Psalms 14:6

• עֲצַת־ʾatzat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plan of

May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Psalms 20:4

• עֲצָתְךָ֥ʾatzatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: plan your

The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

Psalms 33:10

• עֲצַת־ʾatzat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

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

Psalms 33:11

• עֲצַ֣תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

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

Psalms 73:24

• בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥baatzatekhapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: with counsel your

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

Psalms 106:13

• לַעֲצָתֽוֹ׃laatzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: for counsel his

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

Psalms 106:43

• בַעֲצָתָ֑םvaatzatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by plan their

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

Psalms 107:11

• וַעֲצַ֖תvaatzatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and counsel of

Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

Psalms 119:24

• עֲצָתִֽי׃ʾatzatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: counsel my

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

Proverbs 1:25

• עֲצָתִ֑יʾatzatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: advice my

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

Proverbs 1:30

• לַעֲצָתִ֑יlaatzatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to advice my

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

Proverbs 8:14

• עֵ֭צָהʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

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

Proverbs 12:15

• לְעֵצָ֣הleetzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to advice

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

Proverbs 19:20

• עֵ֭צָהʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

Proverbs 19:21

• וַעֲצַ֥תvaatzatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and purpose of

The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

Proverbs 20:5

• עֵצָ֣הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a plan

Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.

Proverbs 20:18

• בְּעֵצָ֣הbeetzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: by counsel

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

Proverbs 21:30

• עֵ֝צָ֗הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

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

Proverbs 27:9

• מֵֽעֲצַת־meatzat-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than counsel of

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

Isaiah 5:19

• עֲצַ֛תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plan of

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

Isaiah 8:10

• עֵצָ֖הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a plan

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.

Isaiah 11:2

• עֵצָה֙ʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.

Isaiah 14:26

• הָעֵצָ֥הhaetzahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the plan

“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.

Isaiah 16:3

• עֵצָה֙ʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

Isaiah 19:3

• וַעֲצָת֖וֹvaatzatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and plan its

The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

Isaiah 19:11

• יֹעֲצֵ֣יyoatzeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counselors of
• עֵצָ֖הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

Isaiah 19:17

• עֲצַת֙ʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plan of

O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.

Isaiah 25:1

• עֵצ֥וֹתetzotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: plans

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

Isaiah 28:29

• עֵצָ֔הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

Isaiah 29:15

• עֵצָ֑הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a plan

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Isaiah 30:1

• עֵצָה֙ʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a plan

You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

Isaiah 36:5

• עֵצָ֥הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a plan

Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

Isaiah 40:13

• עֲצָת֖וֹatzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: counsel his

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,’

Isaiah 44:26

• וַעֲצַ֥תvaatzatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and counsel of

I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

Isaiah 46:10

• עֲצָתִ֣יʾatzatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: purpose my

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

Isaiah 46:11

• עֲצָתִ֑יatzatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: purpose my

You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

Isaiah 47:13

• עֲצָתָ֑יִךְʾatzatayikhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: counsels your

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.”

Jeremiah 18:18

• וְעֵצָה֙veetzahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and counsel

But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

Jeremiah 18:23

• עֲצָתָ֤םʾatzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: plan their

And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 19:7

• עֲצַ֨תʾatzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plan of

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.

Jeremiah 32:19

• הָֽעֵצָ֔הhaetzahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the counsel

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?

Jeremiah 49:7

• עֵצָה֙ʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: counsel

Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

Jeremiah 49:20

• עֲצַת־ʾatzat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plan of

Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.

Jeremiah 49:30

• עֵצָ֔הʾetzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a plan

Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

Jeremiah 50:45

• עֲצַת־ʾatzat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plan of

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.

Ezekiel 7:26

• וְעֵצָ֖הveetzahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and counsel

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

Ezekiel 11:2

• עֲצַת־ʾatzat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of

Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.

Hosea 10:6

• מֵעֲצָתֽוֹ׃meatzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from own counsel its

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Micah 4:12

• עֲצָת֑וֹatzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: counsel his

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.’

Zechariah 6:13

• וַעֲצַ֣תvaatzatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a counsel of