Jeremiah 20:10
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10 (A)For I heard many [a]mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
(B)All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”
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- Jeremiah 20:10 slandering
Psalm 41:9
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9 (A)Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
(B)Who ate my bread,
Has [a]lifted up his heel against me.
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- Psalm 41:9 Acted as a traitor
Psalm 31:13
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13 (A)For I hear the slander of many;
(B)Fear is on every side;
While they (C)take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.
Isaiah 29:21
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21 Who make a man an offender by a word,
And (A)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just (B)by empty words.
Jeremiah 18:18
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Jeremiah Persecuted
18 Then they said, (A)“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
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Acts 24:13
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13 Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.
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Ezekiel 22:9
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9 In you are (A)men who slander to cause bloodshed; (B)in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.
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Jeremiah 6:25
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25 Do not go out into the field,
Nor walk by the way.
Because of the sword of the enemy,
Fear is on every side.
Proverbs 10:18
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Psalm 64:2-4
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2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,
3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
(A)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
Psalm 55:13-14
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13 But it was you, a man my equal,
(A)My companion and my acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together,
And (B)walked to the house of God in the throng.
Acts 6:11-15
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11 (A)Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. 13 They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak [a]blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; 14 (B)for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” 15 And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.
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- Acts 6:13 NU omits blasphemous
Luke 20:20
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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(A)
20 (B)So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.
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Luke 11:53-54
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53 [a]And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things, 54 lying in wait for Him, [b]and (A)seeking to catch Him in something He might say, [c]that they might accuse Him.
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- Luke 11:53 NU And when He left there
- Luke 11:54 NU omits and seeking
- Luke 11:54 NU omits that they might accuse Him
Job 19:19
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19 (A)All my close friends abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.
Nehemiah 6:6-13
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6 In it was written:
It is reported among the nations, and [a]Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, (A)that you may be their king. 7 And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, “There is a king in Judah!” Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.
8 Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.”
9 For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.”
Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
10 Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the [b]temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.”
11 And I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!” 12 Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that (B)he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
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- Nehemiah 6:6 Heb. Gashmu
- Nehemiah 6:10 Lit. house
1 Kings 21:20
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20 So Ahab said to Elijah, (A)“Have you found me, O my enemy?”
And he answered, “I have found you, because (B)you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord:
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1 Kings 19:2
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2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, (A)“So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”
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Acts 24:1-9
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Accused of Sedition
24 Now after (A)five days (B)Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These gave evidence to the governor against Paul.
2 And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: “Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and [a]prosperity is being brought to this nation by your foresight, 3 we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. 4 Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I beg you to hear, by your [b]courtesy, a few words from us. 5 (C)For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. 6 (D)He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, [c]and wanted (E)to judge him according to our law. 7 (F)But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands, 8 (G)commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.” 9 And the Jews also [d]assented, maintaining that these things were so.
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Acts 23:12-15
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12 And when it was day, (A)some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had (B)killed Paul. 13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and (C)elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 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
Acts 7:54
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Stephen the Martyr
54 (A)When they heard these things they were [a]cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
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- Acts 7:54 furious
Acts 5:33
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Gamaliel’s Advice
33 When they heard this, they were (A)furious[a] and plotted to kill them.
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- Acts 5:33 cut to the quick
Luke 12:52-53
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52 (A)For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. 53 (B)Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
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Mark 6:19-28
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19 Therefore Herodias [a]held it against him and wanted to kill him, but she could not; 20 for Herod (A)feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he [b]did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 (B)Then an opportune day came when Herod (C)on his birthday gave a feast for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee. 22 And when Herodias’ daughter herself came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.” 23 He also swore to her, (D)“Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”
24 So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”
And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”
25 Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
26 (E)And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he did not want to refuse her. 27 Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison, 28 brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
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Matthew 26:59-60
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59 Now the chief priests, [a]the elders, and all the council sought (A)false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, 60 [b]but found none. Even though (B)many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last (C)two [c]false witnesses came forward
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- Matthew 26:59 NU omits the elders
- Matthew 26:60 NU but found none, even though many false witnesses came forward.
- Matthew 26:60 NU omits false witnesses
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