עֵצָה ʻêtsâh

Meaning

advice; by implication, plan; also prudence

In the King James Version: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.

Derivation: from H3289 (יָעַץ);

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 32:28 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
• Judges 20:7 Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”
• 2 Samuel 15:31 Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
• 2 Samuel 15:34 But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
• 2 Samuel 16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
• 2 Samuel 16:23 Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
• 2 Samuel 17:7 Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
• 2 Samuel 17:14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 17:23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
• 1 Kings 1:12 Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
• 1 Kings 12:8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
• 1 Kings 12:13 And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
• 1 Kings 12:14 and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
• 2 Kings 18:20 You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
• 1 Chronicles 12:19 Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
• 2 Chronicles 10:8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
• 2 Chronicles 10:13 And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
• 2 Chronicles 10:14 and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
• 2 Chronicles 22:5 Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.
• 2 Chronicles 25:16 While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
• Ezra 4:5 They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
• Ezra 10:3 So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
• Ezra 10:8 Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
• Nehemiah 4:15 When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
• Job 5:13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
• Job 10:3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
• Job 12:13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
• Job 18:7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
• Job 21:16 Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
• Job 22:18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
• Job 29:21 Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
• Job 38:2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
• Job 42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
• Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
• Psalms 13:2 How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
• Psalms 14:6 You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
• Psalms 20:4 May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
• Psalms 33:10 The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
• Psalms 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
• Psalms 73:24 You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
• Psalms 106:13 Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
• Psalms 106:43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
• Psalms 107:11 because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
• Psalms 119:24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
• Proverbs 1:25 because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
• Proverbs 1:30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
• Proverbs 8:14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
• Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
• Proverbs 19:20 Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
• Proverbs 19:21 Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
• Proverbs 20:5 The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
• Proverbs 20:18 Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
• Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
• Proverbs 27:9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
• Isaiah 5:19 to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
• Isaiah 8:10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
• Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
• Isaiah 14:26 This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
• Isaiah 16:3 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
• Isaiah 19:3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.