Acts 23:15
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15 Now then, you and the council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you, on the pretext that you want to make a more thorough examination of his case. And we are ready to do away with him before he arrives.”(A)
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Isaiah 59:7
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7 Their feet run to evil,
and they rush to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.(A)
Psalm 37:32-33
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32 The wicked watch for the righteous
and seek to kill them.(A)
33 The Lord will not abandon them to their power
or let them be condemned when they are brought to trial.(B)
Proverbs 1:16
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16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.(A)
Proverbs 1:11-12
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11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(A)
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.(B)
Romans 3:14-16
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14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;(A)
16 ruin and misery are in their paths,
Acts 22:30-23:1
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Paul before the Council
30 Since he wanted to find out what Paul[a] was being accused of by the Jews, the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to meet. He brought Paul down and had him stand before them.(A)
23 While Paul was looking intently at the council he said, “Brothers,[b] up to this day I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God.”(B)
Proverbs 4:16
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16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.(A)
Psalm 21:11
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11 If they plan evil against you,
if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.(A)
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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