Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4209
מְזִמָּה
me.zim.mah · “plot”
Used 19 times across 4 books
Definition
1) purpose, discretion, device, plot
1a) purpose
1b) discretion
1c) devices (evil)
1a) purpose
1b) discretion
1c) devices (evil)
Where it appears
Job2
Psalms5
Proverbs8
Jeremiah4
In the text
Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.Job 42:2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.Psalms 10:2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.Psalms 10:4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.Psalms 21:12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.Psalms 37:7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.Psalms 139:20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.Proverbs 1:4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.Proverbs 2:11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:Proverbs 3:21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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