5.  The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 6.  The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 7.  The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Genesis 6:5

5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. {every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires} {continually: Heb. every day}

Ephesians 4:23

23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

Proverbs 11:23

23 ¶ The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Psalm 139:17, 18

17 ¶ How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

 

Romans 7:15-23

15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. {allow: Gr. know} 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Footnote:

See Genesis 37:18-20. 1 Kings 12:26-28. Daniel 6:4-7. Nehemiah 6:2. Esther 3:8-10. Matthew 2:7, 8.

 

 

Genesis 37:18-20

18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. {dreamer: Heb. master of dreams} 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

 

1 Kings 12:26-28

26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

 

Daniel 6:4-7

4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 6 ¶ Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. {assembled...: or, came tumultuously} 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. {decree: or, interdict}

 

Nehemiah 6:2

2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

 

Esther 3:8-10

8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. {for the...: Heb. meet or, equal, etc} 9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. {that they...: Heb. to destroy them} {pay: Heb. weigh} 10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. {enemy: or, oppressor}

 

Matthew 2:7, 8

7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Jeremiah 17:9

9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

 

Matthew 15:19

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Footnote:

2 Samuel 17:1-4; Luke 20:19-21. Acts 23:14, 15.

 

 

2 Samuel 17:1-4

1 ¶ Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: 3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. {pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc}

 

Luke 20:19-21

19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. 20 ¶ And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: {truly: or, of a truth}

 

Acts 23:14, 15

14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

Proverbs 29:10

10 ¶ The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. {The bloodthirsty: Heb. Men of blood}

 

Psalm 37:12, 14

12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. {plotteth: or, practiseth} 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. {such...: Heb. the upright of way}

Footnote:

See Romans 3:15, as the proof of universal and total depravity, verses 9, 10.

 

 

Romans 3:15

15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:

 

Romans 3:9, 10

9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; {proved: Gr. charged} 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Proverbs 11:9

9 ¶ An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Matthew 22:34, 35, 46

34 ¶ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

Luke 21:14, 15

14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

 

Acts 4:13, 14

13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. 14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

Job 20:5

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}

 

Psalm 37:35, 36

35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil} 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Esther 7:10

10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Luke 18:7

7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Proverbs 12:3

3 ¶ A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

 

1 Kings 15:4

4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: {lamp: or, candle}

Isaiah 56:4, 5

4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Revelation 3:12

12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Malachi 3:17

17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. {jewels: or, special treasure}