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)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 16 19 35
Ex. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 1 1 2
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
Esth. 0 4 4
Ps. 3 3 6
Prov. 4 4 8
Isa. 0 2 2
Jer. 2 3 5
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
NT 0 1 1
BM 1 2 3
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 17 23 40

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

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

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

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. 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.