They are making secret plans against your people; they are plotting against those you protect.

"Come," they say, "let us destroy their nation, so that Israel will be forgotten forever."

You know everything I do; from far away you understand all my thoughts.

People may plan all kinds of things, but the LORD's will is going to be done.

But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations.

For from the inside, from your heart, come the evil ideas which lead you to do immoral things, to rob, kill,

Jesus and his disciples were at supper. The Devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, the thought of betraying Jesus.

Peter said to him, "Ananias, why did you let Satan take control of you and make you lie to the Holy Spirit by keeping part of the money you received for the property?

So Peter said to her, "Why did you and your husband decide to put the Lord's Spirit to the test? The men who buried your husband are at the door right now, and they will carry you out too!"

Repent, then, of this evil plan of yours, and pray to the Lord that he will forgive you for thinking such a thing as this.

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

They make evil plans as they lie in bed; nothing they do is good, and they never reject anything evil.

all the while planning evil in their perverted minds, stirring up trouble everywhere.

(SEE 6:16)

The LORD is pleased with good people, but condemns those who plan evil.

How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned.