2 Samuel 16:20
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20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your counsel; what shall we do?”
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Acts 4:23-28
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The Believers Pray for Boldness
23 After they were released, they went to their own people and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth, the sea, and everything in them,(A) 25 it is you who said by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant:[a]
‘Why did the gentiles rage
and the peoples imagine vain things?(B)
26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
and the rulers have gathered together
against the Lord and against his Messiah.’[b](C)
27 “For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant[c] Jesus, whom you anointed,(D) 28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
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Matthew 27:1
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Jesus Brought before Pilate
27 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death.
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Isaiah 29:15
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15 Woe to those who hide a plan too deep for the Lord,
whose deeds are in the dark,
and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”(A)
Isaiah 8:10
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10 Take counsel together, but it shall be brought to naught;
speak a word, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.”(A)
Proverbs 21:30
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30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.(A)
Psalm 37:12-13
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12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them,(A)
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that their day is coming.(B)
Psalm 2:2
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2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and his anointed, saying,(A)
Exodus 1:10
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10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”
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