Acts 23:15
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15 Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you [a]tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
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- Acts 23:15 NU omits tomorrow
Isaiah 59:7
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7 (A)Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed (B)innocent blood;
(C)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and (D)destruction are in their paths.
Psalm 37:32-33
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32 The wicked (A)watches the righteous,
And seeks to slay him.
33 The Lord (B)will not leave him in his hand,
Nor condemn him when he is judged.
Proverbs 1:16
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16 (A)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 1:11-12
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11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us (A)lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them alive like [a]Sheol,
And whole, (B)like those who go down to the Pit;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:12 Or the grave
Romans 3:14-16
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14 “Whose(A) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their(B) feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
Acts 22:30-23:1
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The Sanhedrin Divided
30 The next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
The Jerusalem Jews Plot to Kill Paul
23 Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, “Men and brethren, (A)I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.”
Proverbs 4:16
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16 (A)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is [a]taken away unless they make someone fall.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed
Psalm 21:11
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11 For they intended evil against You;
They devised a plot which they are not able to (A)perform.
Acts 25:3
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3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—(A)while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.
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