Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

Proverbs 24:9
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.

Psalm 119:15
I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

counsels

Psalm 12:2, 3
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. . . .

Psalm 36:2-4
For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. . . .

Psalm 41:6, 7
My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. . . .

Psalm 140:1-3
Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence, . . .

Matthew 2:3-8, 16
When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. . . .

Matthew 26:4
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the proper time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.