Matthew 2:8
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8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.”
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Matthew 2:8
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8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
1 Corinthians 3:19-20
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, (A)“He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; 20 and again, (B)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
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1 Corinthians 3:19-20
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(A) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(B) 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[b](C)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
- 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
Luke 20:20-21
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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.
21 Then they asked Him, saying, (C)“Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth:
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Luke 20:20-21
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Paying Taxes to Caesar(A)
20 Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said,(B) so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.(C) 21 So the spies questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.(D)
Jeremiah 41:5-7
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5 that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men (A)with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to (B)the house of the Lord. 6 Now Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went along; and it happened as he met them that he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!” 7 So it was, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (C)killed them and cast them into the midst of a [a]pit, he and the men who were with him.
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- Jeremiah 41:7 Or cistern
Jeremiah 41:5-7
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5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards,(A) torn their clothes(B) and cut(C) themselves came from Shechem,(D) Shiloh(E) and Samaria,(F) bringing grain offerings and incense(G) with them to the house of the Lord.(H) 6 Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping(I) as he went. When he met them, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”(J) 7 When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.(K)
Matthew 26:48-49
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48 Now His betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him.” 49 Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” (A)and kissed Him.
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Matthew 26:48-49
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48 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.” 49 Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!”(A) and kissed him.
Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who is he (A)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?(A)
Proverbs 26:24-25
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24 He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
And lays up deceit within himself;
25 (A)When [a]he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart;
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- Proverbs 26:25 Lit. his voice is gracious
Proverbs 26:24-25
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Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.
Proverbs 21:30
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Psalm 55:11-15
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11 Destruction is in its midst;
(A)Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.
12 (B)For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has (C)exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.
13 But it was you, a man my equal,
(D)My companion and my acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together,
And (E)walked to the house of God in the throng.
15 Let death seize them;
Let them (F)go down alive into [a]hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
Footnotes
- Psalm 55:15 Or Sheol
Psalm 55:11-15
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Psalm 33:10-11
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10 (A)The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
11 (B)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
Psalm 12:2-3
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2 (A)They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and [a]a double heart they speak.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:2 An inconsistent mind
- Psalm 12:3 destroy
- Psalm 12:3 great
Psalm 12:2-3
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Job 5:12-13
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12 (A)He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.
13 He catches the (B)wise in their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.
Ezra 4:1-2
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Resistance to Rebuilding the Temple
4 Now when (A)the [a]adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the Lord God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him (B)since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”
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- Ezra 4:1 enemies
Ezra 4:1-2
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Opposition to the Rebuilding
4 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building(A) a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon(B) king of Assyria, who brought us here.”(C)
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