Exodus 1:10
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10 We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.[a]”
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- 1:10 Or will take the country.
Acts 7:19
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19 This king exploited our people and oppressed them, forcing parents to abandon their newborn babies so they would die.
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Psalm 105:25
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25 Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites,
and they plotted against the Lord’s servants.
Psalm 83:3-4
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3 They devise crafty schemes against your people;
they conspire against your precious ones.
4 “Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation.
We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
James 3:15-18
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15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.
17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.[a]
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- 3:18 Or of good things, or of justice.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
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18 Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,
“He traps the wise
in the snare of their own cleverness.”[a]
20 And again,
“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise;
he knows they are worthless.”[b]
Acts 23:12
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The Plan to Kill Paul
12 The next morning a group of Jews[a] got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
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- 23:12 Greek the Jews.
Proverbs 21:30
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30 No human wisdom or understanding or plan
can stand against the Lord.
Proverbs 16:25
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25 There is a path before each person that seems right,
but it ends in death.
Proverbs 1:11
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11 They may say, “Come and join us.
Let’s hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!
Psalm 10:2
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2 The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor.
Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
Job 5:13
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13 He traps the wise in their own cleverness
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
Numbers 22:6
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6 Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”
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