Jeremiah 38:4
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4 Therefore the princes said to the king, “Please, (A)let this man be put to death, for thus he [a]weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the [b]welfare of this people, but their harm.”
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- Jeremiah 38:4 Is discouraging
- Jeremiah 38:4 Well-being; lit. peace
Jeremiah 26:11
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11 And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and all the people, saying, [a]“This man deserves to (A)die! For he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”
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- Jeremiah 26:11 Lit. A judgment of death to this man
Acts 16:20
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20 And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, (A)exceedingly trouble our city;
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Amos 7:10
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Jeremiah 29:7
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7 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, (A)and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace.
Nehemiah 6:9
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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.
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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 18:17-18
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17 Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, (A)“Is that you, O (B)troubler of Israel?”
18 And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, (C)in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have followed the Baals.
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Exodus 5:4
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4 Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your (A)labor.”
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Acts 28:22
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22 But we desire to hear from you what you think; for concerning this sect, we know that (A)it is spoken against everywhere.”
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Acts 24:5
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5 (A)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.
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Acts 17:6
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6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, (A)“These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.
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John 11:46-50
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46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and (A)told them the things Jesus did. 47 (B)Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, (C)“What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”
49 And one of them, (D)Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50 (E)nor do you consider that it is expedient for [a]us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.”
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- John 11:50 NU you
Zephaniah 3:1-3
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The Wickedness of Jerusalem
3 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted,
To the oppressing city!
2 She has not obeyed His voice,
She has not received correction;
She has not trusted in the Lord,
She has not drawn near to her God.
3 (A)Her princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are (B)evening wolves
That leave not a bone till morning.
Micah 3:1-3
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Wicked Rulers and Prophets
3 And I said:
“Hear now, O heads of Jacob,
And you (A)rulers of the house of Israel:
(B)Is it not for you to know justice?
2 You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from [a]My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
3 Who also (C)eat the flesh of My people,
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
(D)Like flesh in the caldron.”
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- Micah 3:2 Lit. them
Ezekiel 22:27
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27 Her (A)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [a]people, and to get dishonest gain.
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- Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls
Jeremiah 36:12-16
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12 he then went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber; and there all the princes were sitting—(A)Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, (B)Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. 13 Then Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read the book in the hearing of the people. 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them. 15 And they said to him, “Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.
16 Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, that they looked in fear from one to another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”
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Jeremiah 26:21-23
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21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid and fled, and went to Egypt. 22 Then Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor, and other men who went with him to Egypt. 23 And they brought Urijah from Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the [a]common people.
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- Jeremiah 26:23 Lit. sons of the people
Ezra 4:12
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12 Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem, and are building the (A)rebellious and evil city, and are finishing its (B)walls and repairing the foundations.
2 Chronicles 24:21
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21 So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they (A)stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.
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