# עֵצָה (etsah)

Israeli respelling: e-tsah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6098. 85 Old Testament occurrences.

advice; by implication, plan; also prudence

King James renderings: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/etsah-h6098

## Occurrences

- [Deuteronomy 32:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/28) — For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
- [Judges 20:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/7) — Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
- [2 Samuel 15:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/31) — And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahi…
- [2 Samuel 15:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/34) — But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will…
- [2 Samuel 16:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/20) — Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
- [2 Samuel 16:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/23) — And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel…
- [2 Samuel 17:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/7) — And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
- [2 Samuel 17:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/14) — And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had ap…
- [2 Samuel 17:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/23) — And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and p…
- [1 Kings 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/1/12) — Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
- [1 Kings 12:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/12/8) — But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and whic…
- [1 Kings 12:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/12/13) — And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
- [1 Kings 12:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/12/14) — And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also c…
- [2 Kings 18:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/18/20) — Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest again…
- [1 Chronicles 12:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/12/19) — And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords…
- [2 Chronicles 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/10/8) — But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before…
- [2 Chronicles 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/10/13) — And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
- [2 Chronicles 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/10/14) — And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised yo…
- [2 Chronicles 22:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/22/5) — He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilea…
- [2 Chronicles 25:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/25/16) — And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou b…
- [Ezra 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/5) — And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king o…
- [Ezra 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/10/3) — Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my l…
- [Ezra 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/10/8) — And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be fo…
- [Nehemiah 4:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/15) — And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of…
- [Job 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/13) — He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- [Job 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/3) — Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wi…
- [Job 12:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/12/13) — With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
- [Job 18:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/18/7) — The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
- [Job 21:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/21/16) — Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- [Job 22:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/18) — Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- [Job 29:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/21) — Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
- [Job 38:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/2) — Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- [Job 42:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/42/3) — Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew…
- [Psalms 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/1/1) — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scorn…
- [Psalms 13:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/13/2) — How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
- [Psalms 14:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/14/6) — Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
- [Psalms 20:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/20/4) — Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
- [Psalms 33:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/33/10) — The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
- [Psalms 33:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/33/11) — The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
- [Psalms 73:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/73/24) — Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
- [Psalms 106:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/13) — They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
- [Psalms 106:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/43) — Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
- [Psalms 107:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/11) — Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
- [Psalms 119:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/24) — Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
- [Proverbs 1:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/25) — But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
- [Proverbs 1:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/30) — They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
- [Proverbs 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/8/14) — Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
- [Proverbs 12:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/12/15) — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
- [Proverbs 19:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/19/20) — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- [Proverbs 19:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/19/21) — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
- [Proverbs 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/5) — Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- [Proverbs 20:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/18) — Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
- [Proverbs 21:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/30) — There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
- [Proverbs 27:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/9) — Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
- [Isaiah 5:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/19) — That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, th…
- [Isaiah 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/8/10) — Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- [Isaiah 11:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/2) — And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of know…
- [Isaiah 14:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/26) — This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
- [Isaiah 16:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/16/3) — Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
- [Isaiah 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/19/3) — And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to t…
- [Isaiah 19:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/19/11) — Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the s…
- [Isaiah 19:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/19/17) — And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counse…
- [Isaiah 25:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/25/1) — O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulne…
- [Isaiah 28:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/29) — This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
- [Isaiah 29:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/15) — Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who know…
- [Isaiah 30:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/1) — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, tha…
- [Isaiah 36:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/36/5) — I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest aga…
- [Isaiah 40:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/13) — Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- [Isaiah 44:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/26) — That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; an…
- [Isaiah 46:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/10) — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will d…
- [Isaiah 46:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/11) — Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to…
- [Isaiah 47:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/47/13) — Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save…
- [Jeremiah 18:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/18/18) — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise,…
- [Jeremiah 18:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/18/23) — Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but…
- [Jeremiah 19:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/19/7) — And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and…
- [Jeremiah 32:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/19) — Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways…
- [Jeremiah 49:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/7) — Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
- [Jeremiah 49:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/20) — Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of…
- [Jeremiah 49:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/30) — Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against…
- [Jeremiah 50:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/45) — Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of…
- [Ezekiel 7:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/7/26) — Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish…
- [Ezekiel 11:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/11/2) — Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
- [Hosea 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/10/6) — It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own coun…
- [Micah 4:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/4/12) — But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
- [Zechariah 6:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/6/13) — Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest u…