For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.
And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;
For your servant is conscious of his sin: and so, as you see, I have come today, the first of all the sons of Joseph, for the purpose of meeting my lord the king.
And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.
Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?
And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.
So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.
The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.
And more than this, there were those in the land who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, doing the same disgusting crimes as the nations which the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.
Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.
And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.
Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man: he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I did not keep them back.
He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.
And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.
But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.
But King Joram had gone back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the Aramaeans had given him when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram.) And Jehu said, If this is your purpose, then let no one get away and go out of the town to give news of it in Jezreel.
Then Joram said, Make ready. So they made his carriage ready; and Joram, king of Israel, with Ahaziah, king of Judah, went out in their carriages for the purpose of meeting Jehu; and they came face to face with him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Now send for all the prophets of baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.
And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.
Then Hazael, king of Aram, went up against gath and took it; and his purpose was to go up to Jerusalem.
For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.
And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.
All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.
And David said to all the men of Israel who had come together there, If it seems good to you and if it is the purpose of the Lord our God, let us send to all the rest of our brothers, everywhere in the land of Israel, and to the priests and the Levites in their towns and the country round them, and get them to come together here to us;
Then certain men went and gave David word of what had been done to them. And he sent out with the purpose of meeting them; for the men were greatly shamed. And the king said, Keep where you are at Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.
Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.
Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.
So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.
The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.
Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.
And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.
But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.
Now by the purpose of God, Ahaziah's journey to see Jehoram was the cause of his downfall: for when he came there, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu, the son of Nimshi, who had been marked out by the Lord for the destruction of the family of Ahab.
But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.
But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.
But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up in pride, causing his destruction; and he did evil against the Lord his God; for he went into the temple of the Lord for the purpose of burning perfumes on the altar of perfumes.
And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servants under your yoke: but are there no sins against the Lord your God to be seen among yourselves?
Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.
And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come for the purpose of fighting against Jerusalem,
These things they said, crying out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, with the purpose of troubling them and putting fear into them, so that they might take the town;
However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.
And they gave payment to men who made designs against them and kept them from effecting their purpose, all through the time of Cyrus, king of Persia, till darius became king.
And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.
And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.
And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.
And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.
And Mordecai, having knowledge of their purpose, sent word of it to Esther the queen; and Esther gave the news to the king in Mordecai's name.
But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.
Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.
On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.
Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.
He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.
Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.
And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?
Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)
See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;
Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!
Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.
But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.
Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.
Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.
The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,
For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.
May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.
The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.
Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;
They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.
As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;
So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.
See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.
<A song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.
Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.
So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.
The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.
Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.
Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.
The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.
A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.
Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.
The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.
He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.
The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.
All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.
Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.
All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
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