Jeremiah 20:10
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Psalm 41:9
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Psalm 31:13
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13 For I (A)hear the whispering of many—
terror on every side!—
(B)as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.
Isaiah 29:21
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21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
and (A)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
and with an empty plea (B)turn aside him who is in the right.
Jeremiah 18:18
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18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
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Acts 24:13
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13 (A)Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
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Ezekiel 22:9
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9 (A)There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you (B)who eat on the mountains; (C)they commit lewdness in your midst.
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Jeremiah 6:25
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25 Go not out into the field,
nor walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
(A)terror is on every side.
Proverbs 10:18
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18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever utters slander is a fool.
Psalm 64:2-4
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Psalm 55:13-14
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13 (A)But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.
14 We used to take sweet counsel together;
within God's house we walked in (B)the throng.
Acts 6:11-15
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11 Then (A)they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, 13 and they (B)set up false (C)witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against (D)this holy place and the law, 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth (E)will destroy this place and will (F)change (G)the customs that Moses delivered to us.” 15 And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face (H)was like the face of an angel.
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Luke 11:53-54
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53 As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, 54 (A)lying in wait for him, (B)to catch him in something he might say.
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Job 19:19
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19 All my (A)intimate friends abhor me,
and those whom I loved have turned against me.
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 (A)the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king. 7 And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together.” 8 Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done, for 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, O God,[b] strengthen my hands.
10 Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was (B)confined to his home, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you by night.” 11 But I said, “Should such a man as I run away? And what man such as I could go into the temple and live?[c] I will not go in.” 12 And I understood and saw that God had not sent him, (C)but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me.
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- Nehemiah 6:6 Hebrew Gashmu
- Nehemiah 6:9 Hebrew lacks O God
- Nehemiah 6:11 Or would go into the temple to save his life
1 Kings 21:20
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20 Ahab said to Elijah, (A)“Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because (B)you have sold yourself to do what is 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 may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”
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Acts 24:1-9
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Paul Before Felix at Caesarea
24 And (A)after five days the high priest (B)Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before (C)the governor their case against Paul. 2 And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying:
“Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, (D)most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation, 3 in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude. 4 But, to detain[a] you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly. 5 For we have found this man a plague, (E)one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of (F)the sect of the Nazarenes. 6 (G)He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.[b] 8 By examining him yourself you will be able to find out from him about everything of which we accuse him.”
9 The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so.
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Acts 23:12-15
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A Plot to Kill Paul
12 When it was day, (A)the Jews made a plot and (B)bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty who made 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 till we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
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Acts 7:54
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The Stoning of Stephen
54 Now when they heard these things (A)they were enraged, and they (B)ground their teeth at him.
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Acts 5:33
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33 When they heard this, they (A)were enraged and wanted to kill them.
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Luke 12:52-53
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52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, (A)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.”
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Mark 6:19-28
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19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, 20 for Herod (A)feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he (B)heard him gladly.
21 But an opportunity came when Herod (C)on his birthday (D)gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. 22 For when Herodias's daughter 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 to you.” 23 And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, (E)up to half of my kingdom.” 24 And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” 25 And she came in immediately 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 And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. 27 And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's[a] head. He went and beheaded him in the prison 28 and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
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- Mark 6:27 Greek his
Matthew 26:59-60
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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council[a] (A)were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, (B)though many false witnesses came forward. At last (C)two came forward
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- Matthew 26:59 Greek Sanhedrin
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