Quotes about Counsel
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
(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
- Ezra 10:15
The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.
- Esther 1:21
Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
- Job 12:13
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
- Job 15:2
Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Job 21:16
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
- Job 29:21
“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- Job 33:1
And Elihu continued:
- Job 36:1
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
- Job 38:2
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
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.
- Psalm 1:1