Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'devise' occurs 17 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'devise' in the standard works and contain 11.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Prov. 14:22 (2 in 1 verse)

 14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 16 19 35
NT 0 1 1
BM 1 2 3
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 17 23 40

Ex. 31:4
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Ex. 35:32
And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Ex. 35:35
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

2 Sam. 14:14
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

2 Sam. 21:5
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,

1 Kgs. 12:33
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

Esth. 8:3
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

Esth. 8:5
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

Esth. 9:24
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

Esth. 9:25
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Ps. 31:13
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Ps. 35:4
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Ps. 35:20
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Ps. 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Ps. 41:7
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

Ps. 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Prov. 3:29
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Prov. 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

Prov. 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

Prov. 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Prov. 16:9
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Prov. 16:30
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

Prov. 24:8
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

Isa. 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Isa. 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Jer. 11:19
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Jer. 18:11
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

Jer. 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices 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 let us not give heed to any of his words.

Jer. 48:2
There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

Jer. 51:12
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Lam. 2:17
The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

Ezek. 11:2
Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 2:3
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

2 Pet. 1:16
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Jacob 7:24
And it came to pass that many means were devised to reclaim and restore the Lamanites to the knowledge of the truth; but it all was vain, for they delighted in wars and bloodshed, and they had an eternal hatred against us, their brethren. And they sought by the power of their arms to destroy us continually.

Alma 28:13
And thus we see how great the inequality of man is because of sin and transgression, and the power of the devil, which comes by the cunning plans which he hath devised to ensnare the hearts of men.

Ether 8:8
Now the daughter of Jared being exceedingly expert, and seeing the sorrows of her father, thought to devise a plan whereby she could redeem the kingdom unto her father.

Moses 6:28
And for these many generations, ever since the day that I created them, have they gone astray, and have denied me, and have sought their own counsels in the dark; and in their own abominations have they devised murder, and have not kept the commandments, which I gave unto their father, Adam.