Acts 23:12
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The Plot to Kill Paul
12 In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.(A)
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Acts 23:30
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30 When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”[a](A)
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- 23.30 Other ancient authorities add Farewell
Isaiah 8:9-10
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9 Take notice,[a] you peoples, and be dismayed;
listen, all you far countries;
gird yourselves and be dismayed![b]
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)
Acts 23:21
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21 But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent.”(A)
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Acts 23:14
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14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food until we have killed Paul.(A)
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Psalm 31:13
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13 For I hear the whispering of many—
terror all around!—
as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.(A)
Psalm 2:1-3
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Psalm 2
God’s Promise to His Anointed
1 Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?(A)
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and his anointed, saying,(B)
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast their cords from us.”
Acts 25:3
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3 and requested, as a favor to them against Paul,[a] to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.(A)
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- 25.3 Gk him
Jeremiah 11:19
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19 But I was like a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
And I did not know it was against me
that they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
let us cut him off from the land of the living,
so that his name will no longer be remembered!”(A)
Psalm 64:2-6
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2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the scheming of evildoers,(A)
3 who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,(B)
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.(C)
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?[a](D)
6 Who can search out our crimes?[b]
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.”
For the human heart and mind are deep.(E)
2 Kings 6:31
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31 and he said, “So may God do to me and more, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on his shoulders today.”(A)
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1 Corinthians 16:22
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22 Let anyone be accursed who has no love for the Lord. Our Lord, come![a](A)
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- 16.22 Or Our Lord has come
Matthew 26:4
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4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(A)
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