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Imagination, in a biblical context, often refers to the thoughts, plans, and intentions of the heart and mind, which can be directed towards either righteousness or wickedness.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word "yetser," often translated as "imagination" or "intent," is used to describe the thoughts and inclinations of the human heart. <a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a> states, "Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time." Here, imagination is associated with the sinful nature of humanity before the flood, highlighting the potential for human thoughts to be corrupted.<br><br>Similarly, in <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a> , the prophet declares, "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure—who can understand it?" This verse underscores the idea that the human heart, and by extension the imagination, can be deceitful and lead individuals away from God's will.<br><br><b>New Testament Insights</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the Greek word "dianoia" is often used to describe the mind or understanding, which encompasses the concept of imagination. <a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17-18</a> warns believers, "So I tell you this, and testify to it in the Lord: You must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts." This passage suggests that the imagination, when not aligned with God's truth, can lead to spiritual darkness and separation from God.<br><br><b>Imagination in Worship and Creativity</b><br><br>While imagination can lead to sin, it is also a God-given faculty that can be used for good. The Bible encourages believers to use their minds and imaginations to meditate on God's word and to worship Him. <a href="/philippians/4-8.htm">Philippians 4:8</a> exhorts, "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things." This verse encourages the use of imagination to dwell on virtuous and godly things.<br><br>The Psalms often reflect the use of imagination in worship, as the psalmists creatively express their thoughts and emotions to God. <a href="/psalms/19-14.htm">Psalm 19:14</a> says, "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer." Here, the meditation of the heart can be seen as an imaginative reflection on God's character and works.<br><br><b>Warnings Against Vain Imaginations</b><br><br>The Bible also warns against vain imaginations that lead to idolatry and false beliefs. <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a> states, "For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts." This passage highlights how imagination, when misused, can result in a rejection of God and the worship of created things rather than the Creator.<br><br><b>Imagination in Spiritual Warfare</b><br><br>In spiritual warfare, believers are called to take control of their thoughts and imaginations. <a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">2 Corinthians 10:5</a> instructs, "We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." This verse emphasizes the importance of aligning one's imagination with the truth of Christ and rejecting any thoughts that oppose God's knowledge.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The Bible presents imagination as a powerful aspect of the human mind that can be used for both good and evil. Believers are encouraged to cultivate a sanctified imagination that aligns with God's truth, leading to worship, creativity, and spiritual growth.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) To represent to one's self; to think; to believe.<p>4. (<I>v. i.</I>) To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.<p>5. (<I>v. i.</I>) To think; to suppose.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">IMAGINE</span><p>i-maj'-in (chashabh; meletao): The word most frequently translated "to imagine" in the Old Testament, only in the King James Version and the English Revised Version, not in the American Standard Revised Version, is chashabh, "to bind," "combine," "think" (<a href="/job/6-26.htm">Job 6:26</a> <a href="/psalms/10-2.htm">Psalm 10:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/21-11.htm">Psalm 21:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/140-2.htm">Psalm 140:2</a> <a href="/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15</a> <a href="/nahum/1-9.htm">Nahum 1:9, 11</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Zechariah 7:10</a>; <a href="/zechariah/8-17.htm">Zechariah 8:17</a>); we have also haghah in the King James Version and the English Revised Version, but not in the American Standard Revised Version, "to meditate," "mutter," "speak" (<a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalm 2:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/38-12.htm">Psalm 38:12</a>); zamam, "to devise" (<a href="/genesis/11-6.htm">Genesis 11:6</a> the King James Version); charash, "to grave," "devise" (<a href="/proverbs/12-20.htm">Proverbs 12:20</a> the King James Version); hathath, "to break in upon," to "attack unjustly" (<a href="/psalms/62-3.htm">Psalm 62:3</a> the King James Version); meletao, "to meditate" (<a href="/acts/4-25.htm">Acts 4:25</a>).<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3191.htm"><span class="l">3191. meletao -- to care for, practice, study</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>imagine</b>, premeditate. From a presumed derivative of melo; to take care of, ie (by<br> implication) revolve in the mind -- <b>imagine</b>, (pre-)meditate. see GREEK melo. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3191.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3633.htm"><span class="l">3633. oiomai and oimai -- to suppose, expect</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Speech: Verb Transliteration: oiomai and oimai Phonetic Spelling: (oy'-om-ahee)<br> Short Definition: I think, suppose Definition: I think, suppose, expect, <b>imagine</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3633.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5274.htm"><span class="l">5274. hupolambano -- to take or bear up, to receive, to assume</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ban'-o) Short Definition: I take up, receive, answer, suppose, welcome Definition:<br> (a) I take up, (b) I welcome, entertain, (c) I answer, (d) I suppose, <b>imagine</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5274.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2050.htm"><span class="l">2050. hathath -- <b>imagine</b> mischief</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2049, 2050. hathath. 2051 . <b>imagine</b> mischief. Transliteration: hathath Phonetic<br> Spelling: (haw-thath') Short Definition: mischief. <b>...</b> <b>imagine</b> mischief <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2050.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2161.htm"><span class="l">2161. zamam -- to consider, purpose, devise</span></a><br><b>...</b> consider, devise, <b>imagine</b>, plot, purpose, think evil. A primitive root; to<br> plan, usually in a bad sense -- consider, devise, <b>imagine</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2161.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1897.htm"><span class="l">1897. hagah -- to moan, growl, utter, speak, muse</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2), uttering (1), utters (1). <b>imagine</b>, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, sore,<br> speak, study,. A primitive root (compare hagiyg); to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1897.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm"><span class="l">2790. charash -- to cut in, engrave, plow, devise</span></a><br><b>...</b> altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, <b>imagine</b>, A primitive<br> root; to scratch, ie (by implication) to engrave, plough <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2790.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm"><span class="l">2803. chashab -- to think, account</span></a><br><b>...</b> compute -- (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman),<br> devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, <b>imagine</b>, impute, invent, be <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2803.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2554.htm"><span class="l">2554. chamas -- to treat violently or wrong</span></a><br><b>...</b> A primitive root; to be violent; by implication, to maltreat -- make bare, shake<br> off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, <b>imagine</b> wrongfully. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2554.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1819.htm"><span class="l">1819. damah -- to be like, resemble</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to be like, resemble NASB Word Usage alike (1), compare (3), compared<br> (1), equal (1), gave parables (1), <b>imagine</b> (1), intend (1), intended (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1819.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/66_little_did_i_imagine.htm"><span class="l">Little did I <b>Imagine</b> That</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE THIRD CENTURY 66 Little did I <b>imagine</b> that. Little did I <b>imagine</b> that,<br> while I was thinking these things, I was conversing with God. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/66 little did i imagine.htm</font><p><a href="/library/melanchthon/the_apology_of_the_augsburg_confession/part_32_some_clever_men.htm"><span class="l">Some Clever Men <b>Imagine</b> that the Lord's Supper was Instituted for <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part 32 Some clever men <b>imagine</b> that the Lord's Supper was instituted<br> for two reasons.? Some clever men <b>imagine</b> that the Lord's <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 32 some clever men.htm</font><p><a href="/library/law/an_humble_affectionate_and_earnest_address_to_the_clergy/address_188_0_0_now_imagine_the.htm"><span class="l">Now <b>Imagine</b> the Duelist Fasting and Confessing his Sins to God <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Address 188: Now <b>imagine</b> the duelist fasting and confessing his sins to<br> God today? Now <b>imagine</b> the duelist fasting and confessing <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../address 188 0 0 now imagine the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/irenaeus/the_demonstration_of_the_apostolic_preaching/chapter_99_so_that_none.htm"><span class="l">So that None Should <b>Imagine</b> God the Father to be Other than Our <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE APOSTOLIC PREACHING Chapter 99 So that none should<br> <b>imagine</b> God the Father to be other than our Creator? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the demonstration of the apostolic preaching/chapter 99 so that none.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xii_in_what_follows.htm"><span class="l">In what Follows, Some May <b>Imagine</b> that He Says Something Plausible <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XII. In what follows, some may <b>imagine</b> that he says something<br> plausible against us.? In what follows, some may <b>imagine</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xii in what follows.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xxi_but_i_do.htm"><span class="l">But I do not Understand How He Can <b>Imagine</b> the Overturning of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XXI. But I do not understand how he can <b>imagine</b> the overturning<br> of the tower of? But I do not understand how he can <b>imagine</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxi but i do.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_lxxix_but_if_in.htm"><span class="l">But if in These Matters any one were to <b>Imagine</b> that it is <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter LXXIX. But if in these matters any one were to <b>imagine</b> that it<br> is superstition rather? But if in these matters any one <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxix but if in.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_harmony_of_the_gospels/chapter_xi_in_opposition_to_those.htm"><span class="l">In Opposition to those who Foolishly <b>Imagine</b> that Christ Converted <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> the harmony of the gospels.Book I. Chapter XI."In Opposition to Those Who Foolishly<br> <b>Imagine</b> that Christ Converted the People to Himself by Magical Arts. 17. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xi in opposition to those.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_the_creeds/section_6_but_this_only.htm"><span class="l">But this Only Son of God, the Father Almighty...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Do not in the least <b>imagine</b> any time before that Nativity of Christ whereby He was<br> begotten of the Father; of that Nativity I am speaking by which He is Son of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on the creeds/section 6 but this only.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pink/the_redeemers_return/1_the_worlds_consternation_at.htm"><span class="l">The World's Consternation at the Sudden and Secret Removal of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> One can better <b>imagine</b> than describe the awe-inspiring effect upon the world<br> which will be occasioned by the secret removal of the Church. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pink/the redeemers return/1 the worlds consternation at.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/i/imagine.htm"><span class="l"><b>Imagine</b> (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (vi) To think; to suppose. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>IMAGINE</b>. <b>...</b> WL<br> Walker. Multi-Version Concordance <b>Imagine</b> (24 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/imagine.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fancy.htm"><span class="l">Fancy (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (vi) To figure to one's self; to believe or <b>imagine</b> something without proof. <b>...</b> 9.<br> (vt) To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to <b>imagine</b>. 10. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fancy.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/suspect.htm"><span class="l">Suspect (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (vt) To <b>imagine</b> to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence<br> of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/suspect.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/suppose.htm"><span class="l">Suppose (47 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence<br> or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to <b>imagine</b> or admit <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/suppose.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/revelation.htm"><span class="l">Revelation (52 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> But this people was not permitted to <b>imagine</b> that it owed its segregation to anything<br> in itself fitted to attract or determine the Divine preference; no <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/revelation.htm - 89k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/imagining.htm"><span class="l">Imagining (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of <b>Imagine</b>. Multi-Version<br> Concordance Imagining (3 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians 12:19 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/imagining.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/imaginations.htm"><span class="l">Imaginations (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/imaginations.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mischief.htm"><span class="l">Mischief (64 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the midst of it. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV). Psalms 62:3 How long will<br> ye <b>imagine</b> mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mischief.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vision.htm"><span class="l">Vision (106 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> optasia): Psychologists find that man is prevailingly and persistently "eye-minded."<br> That is, in his waking life he is likely to think, <b>imagine</b> and remember in <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vision.htm - 45k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unpunished.htm"><span class="l">Unpunished (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 2:3 And you who pronounce judgement upon those who do such things although<br> your own conduct is the same as theirs--do you <b>imagine</b> that you yourself will <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unpunished.htm - 13k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/immeasurably-more.html">What does it mean that God can do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine in Ephesians 3:20? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/cosmological-argument.html">What are the cosmological arguments for the existence of God? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/world-overpopulated.html">If Adam and Eve hadn't sinned, introducing death into creation, wouldn't the world have gotten overpopulated? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/imagine.htm">Imagine: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Imagine (24 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></span><br />and do not <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/4-25.htm">Acts 4:25</a></span><br />Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> vain things?<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a></span><br />Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> that His nature resembles gold or silver or marble, or anything sculptured by the art and inventive faculty of man.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/2-3.htm">Romans 2:3</a></span><br />And you who pronounce judgement upon those who do such things although your own conduct is the same as theirs--do you <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> that you yourself will escape unpunished when God judges? <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/3-20.htm">Ephesians 3:20</a></span><br />Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/3-13.htm">Philippians 3:13</a></span><br />Brethren, I do not <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> that I have yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting everything which is past and stretching forward to what lies in front of me,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">1 Timothy 6:5</a></span><br />and persistent wranglings on the part of people whose intellects are disordered and they themselves blinded to all knowledge of the truth; who <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> that godliness means gain. <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/6-8.htm">Nehemiah 6:8</a></span><br />Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> them out of your own heart.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/4-13.htm">Esther 4:13</a></span><br />And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: <span class="boldtext">Imagine</span> not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/6-26.htm">Job 6:26</a></span><br />Do ye <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/17-12.htm">Job 17:12</a></span><br />They change the night into day; the light they <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> near in presence of the darkness. <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/21-27.htm">Job 21:27</a></span><br />Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> against me.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalms 2:1</a></span><br />Why do the heathen rage, and the people <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> a vain thing?<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/38-12.htm">Psalms 38:12</a></span><br />They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> deceits all the day long.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/41-7.htm">Psalms 41:7</a></span><br />All who hate me whisper together against me. They <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> the worst for me. <br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/62-3.htm">Psalms 62:3</a></span><br />How long will ye <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/140-2.htm">Psalms 140:2</a></span><br />Which <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. <br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/12-20.htm">Proverbs 12:20</a></span><br />Deceit is in the heart of them that <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. <br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/18-11.htm">Proverbs 18:11</a></span><br />The wealth of the rich 'is' the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/23-33.htm">Proverbs 23:33</a></span><br />Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> confusing things.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15</a></span><br />Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> mischief against me.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/1-9.htm">Nahum 1:9</a></span><br />What do ye <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. <br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Zechariah 7:10</a></span><br />And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> evil against his brother in your heart.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/8-17.htm">Zechariah 8:17</a></span><br />And let none of you <span class="boldtext">imagine</span> evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/i/imagine.htm">Imagine</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/imagine.htm">Imagine (24 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jebus.htm">Jebus (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gareb.htm">Gareb (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/imagines.htm">Imagines (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p 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