Jeremiah 20:10
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10 For I hear many whispering:
“Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
All my close friends
are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed,
and we can prevail against him
and take our revenge on him.”(A)
Psalm 41:9
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9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me.(A)
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)
Isaiah 29:21
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21 those who cause a person to lose a lawsuit,
who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate
and undermine justice for the one in the right.(A)
Jeremiah 18:18
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A Plot against Jeremiah
18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him,[a] and let us not heed any of his words.”(A)
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- 18.18 Heb strike him with the tongue
Acts 24:13
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13 Neither can they prove to you the charge that they now bring against me.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:9
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9 In you are those who slander to shed blood, those in you who eat upon the mountains, who commit lewdness in your midst.(A)
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Jeremiah 6:25
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25 Do not go out into the field
or walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
terror is on every side.”(A)
Proverbs 10:18
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18 Lying lips conceal hatred,
and whoever utters slander is a fool.
Psalm 64:2-4
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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)
Psalm 55:13-14
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13 But it is you, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend,(A)
14 with whom I kept pleasant company;
we walked in the house of God with the throng.(B)
Acts 6:11-15
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11 Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”(A) 12 They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council. 13 They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law,(B) 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth[a] will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us.”(C) 15 And all who sat in the council looked intently at him, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
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- 6.14 Gk the Nazorean
Luke 20:20
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The Question about Paying Tribute
20 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said and then to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.
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Luke 11:53-54
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53 When he went outside, the scribes and the Pharisees became hostile to him and began to interrogate him about many things, 54 lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.(A)
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Job 19:19
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19 All my intimate friends abhor me,
and those whom I love have turned against me.(A)
Nehemiah 6:6-13
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6 In it was written, “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem[a] also says it—that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall; and according to this report you wish to become their king.(A) 7 You have also set up prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. So come, therefore, and let us confer together.” 8 Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done; you are inventing them out of your own mind,” 9 for they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
10 One day when I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, tonight they are coming to kill you.”(B) 11 But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!” 12 Then I perceived and saw that God had not sent him at all, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.(C) 13 He was hired for this purpose, to intimidate me and make me sin by acting in this way, and so they could give me a bad name, in order to taunt me.(D)
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- 6.6 Heb Gashmu
1 Kings 21:20
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20 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,(A)
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1 Kings 19:2
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2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”(A)
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Acts 24:1-9
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Paul before Felix at Caesarea
24 Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney, a certain Tertullus, and they reported their case against Paul to the governor.(A) 2 When Paul[a] had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying:
“Because of you, most excellent Felix, we have long enjoyed peace, and reforms have been made for this people because of your foresight. 3 In every way and everywhere we welcome this with utmost gratitude.(B) 4 But, to detain you no further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness. 5 We have, in fact, found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.[b](C) 6 He even tried to profane the temple, so we seized him.[c](D) 8 By examining him yourself you will be able to learn from him concerning everything of which we accuse him.”
9 The Jews also joined in the charge by asserting that all this was true.(E)
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Acts 23:12-15
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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) 13 There were more than forty who joined in this conspiracy. 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.(B) 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.”(C)
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Acts 7:54
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The Stoning of Stephen
54 When they heard these things, they became enraged and ground their teeth at Stephen.[a]
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- 7.54 Gk him
Acts 5:33
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33 When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.(A)
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Luke 12:52-53
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52 From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; 53 they will be divided:
father 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 mother-in-law.”(A)
Mark 6:19-28
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19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not, 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed,[a] and yet he liked to listen to him.(A) 21 But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee.(B) 22 When his daughter Herodias[b] came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it.” 23 And he swore[c] to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.”(C) 24 She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the baptizer.” 25 Immediately she rushed back to the king and requested, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” 26 The king was deeply grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27 Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John’s[d] head. He went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother.
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Matthew 26:59-60
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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward(A)
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