Bible Dictionary: Designing

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Design.

2. (a.) Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.

3. (n.) The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.

Library

The Doctrine of God
... "Every house is builded by some man," says the Bible; so this world in which we
live was built by a designing mind of infinite power and wisdom. ...
/.../evans/the great doctrines of the bible/the doctrine of god.htm

Preface.
... The existence of a designing God is no more demonstrable from nature than the existence
of other human beings independent of ourselves; or, indeed, than the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/westminster sermons/preface.htm

A Series of Letters In Defence of Divine Revelation
... to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned;
and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of Designing, Engraving, and ...
/.../ballou/a series of letters in defence of divine revelation/title page.htm

Honour Your Youthful Bishop.
... Absalom, again, [659] who had slain his brother, became suspended on a tree,
and had his evil-designing heart thrust through with darts. ...
/.../chapter iii honour your youthful bishop.htm

The Church of the Middle Ages
... Peter an object of ambition to covetous, designing men, the character of Bishop
was too often merged in that of Prince, and spiritual power ceased to satisfy ...
/.../blunt/a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter x the church of.htm

Hebrews x. 26, 27
... have been in the same manner, mistaken and misapplied; as well as to some
Considerations taken from the Nature of God, and the End of the Gospel; designing. ...
/.../sermon viii hebrews x 26.htm

2 Cor. Iii. 5
... And I shewed, either that those Expressions were designed solely to give to God
the Glory of designing and contriving the Dispensation of the Gospel, and the ...
/.../sermon xiv 2 cor iii.htm

Luke xxiii. 42, 43
... Luke, designing, in this part of his History, to be more particular, hath transmitted
it down to us that what the other Evangelists record concerning the ...
/.../sermon xvi luke xxiii 42.htm

The Characters of Herod and Augustus were as Far Apart as their ...
... Herod became the dupe of a designing sister, of base flatterers, and of an evil
and ambitious son. They undermined his confidence in all who deserved it. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 12 the characters of.htm

Preface.
... was necessary. Without designing to speak dogmatically, the didactic was
found the more direct and simple mode of expression. In ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/preface.htm

Thesaurus

Designing (22 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Design. 2. (a.) Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing
man. ... Multi-Version Concordance Designing (22 Occurrences). ...
/d/designing.htm - 13k

Downfall (46 Occurrences)
... Thee. (See NIV). Psalms 41:7 All my haters are talking secretly together
against me; they are designing my downfall. (BBE). Psalms ...
/d/downfall.htm - 20k

Cunning (43 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as,
cunning work. 3. (a.) Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful. ...
/c/cunning.htm - 22k

Neighbour's (30 Occurrences)
... of punishment comes after him, they are not to give the taker of life up to him;
because he was the cause of his neighbour's death without designing it and not ...
/n/neighbour's.htm - 15k

Nets (33 Occurrences)
... Psalms 38:12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who
are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their ...
/n/nets.htm - 15k

Nadabath
... A city East of the Jordan from which the wedding party of Jambri were coming when
Jonathan and Simon attacked them and slew very many, designing to avenge the ...
/n/nadabath.htm - 6k

Order (809 Occurrences)
... architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features
of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing. 15. ...
/o/order.htm - 48k

Jezebel (20 Occurrences)
... Jezebel has stamped her name on history as the representative of all that
is designing, crafty, malicious, revengeful, and cruel. ...
/j/jezebel.htm - 26k

Lets (31 Occurrences)
... city to live in, (See RSV). Proverbs 6:14 His mind is ever designing evil:
he lets loose violent acts. (BBE). Proverbs 6:19 A false ...
/l/lets.htm - 14k

Taker (26 Occurrences)
... of punishment comes after him, they are not to give the taker of life up to him;
because he was the cause of his neighbour's death without designing it and not ...
/t/taker.htm - 14k

Bible Concordance

Designing (22 Occurrences)

2 Peter 2:12 But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;
(BBE)

Joshua 20:5 And if the one who has the right of punishment comes after him, they are not to give the taker of life up to him; because he was the cause of his neighbour's death without designing it and not in hate.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 20:9 And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 21:1 Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 28:13 And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against Israel.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 32:1 Now after these things and this true-hearted work, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came into Judah, and put his army in position before the walled towns of Judah, designing to make his way into them by force.
(BBE)

Job 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
(YLT)

Job 18:9 Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.
(YLT)

Psalms 31:13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
(BBE)

Psalms 35:20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.
(BBE)

Psalms 38:12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
(BBE)

Psalms 41:7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.
(BBE)

Psalms 62:3 How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?
(BBE)

Psalms 109:16 Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.
(BBE)

Psalms 140:4 O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.
(BBE)

Proverbs 6:14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
(BBE)

Proverbs 7:10 And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;
(BBE)

Jeremiah 11:19 But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 11:2 Then he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who are designing evil, who are teaching evil ways in this town:
(BBE)

Amos 6:5 Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;
(BBE)

Nahum 1:9 What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.
(BBE)

Nahum 1:11 One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Designing

Related Terms

Downfall (46 Occurrences)

Cunning (43 Occurrences)

Neighbour's (30 Occurrences)

Nets (33 Occurrences)

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