Topic
Imagination
30 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 6:5ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 8:21ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Deuteronomy 29:19ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
- 1 Chronicles 28:9ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee;…
- Romans 1:21ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- Deuteronomy 29:20Nave General scriptures concerning
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
- Deuteronomy 31:21ISBE
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now,…
- 1 Chronicles 29:18ISBE
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
- Psalms 81:12ISBE
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
- Psalms 103:14ISBE
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
- Proverbs 6:16–18Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
- Proverbs 6:18ISBE
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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- Proverbs 18:11 ISBE
- Isaiah 26:3 ISBE
- Jeremiah 3:17 ISBE
- Jeremiah 7:24 ISBE
- Jeremiah 9:14 ISBE
- Jeremiah 11:8 ISBE
- Jeremiah 13:10 ISBE
- Jeremiah 16:12 ISBE
- Jeremiah 18:12 ISBE
- Jeremiah 23:17 ISBE
- Lamentations 3:60 ISBE
- Lamentations 3:61 ISBE
- Lamentations 3:62 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 22:18 ISBE
- Matthew 5:28 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 1:51 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 10:3 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 32 references
i-maj-i-na'-shun (yetser, sheriruth; dianoia): "Imagination" is the translation of yetser, properly "a shaping," hence, "a thought" (Ge 6:5; 8:21; De 31:21; 1Ch 28:9; 29:18). In Isa 26:3 yetser is translated "mind" (King James Version margin "thought" or "imagination"), "whose mind is stayed on thee" (the Revised Version margin "or imagination"); in Ps 103:14 it is "frame"; of sheriruth, "obstinacy," "stubbornness" (De 29:19; Jer 3:17; 7:24; 9:14; 11:8; 13:10; 16:12; 18:12; 23:17); in Ps 81:12 the King James Version it is, "lust," margin "hardness or imaginations"; 3 times of machashebheth, "thought" or "purpose" in the King James Version (Pr 6:18; La 3:60,61); once of dianoia, "mind," "understanding" (Lu 1:51); of logismos, "reasoning" (2Co 10:5); and of dialogismos, "reasoning through" (Ro 1:21 the King James Version).
The Revised Version (British and American) gives "stubbornness" in each instance where sheriruth is in the King James Version translated "imagination"; in Pr 6:18 the American Standard Revised Version has "purposes"; the Revised Version (British and American) has "devices" (La 3:60,61) and "reasonings" (Ro 1:21), "imagination" for "conceit" (Pr 18:11), and (English Revised Version) for "device" (La 3:62).
"Imagination" is frequent in Apocrypha, e.g. Ecclesiasticus 22:18 (dianoema); 37:3 (enthumema, "wicked imagination"); 40:2 (dialogismos, the Revised Version (British and American) "expectation").
W. L. Walker
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.