Nehemiah 4:8
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8 (A)And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it.
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Psalm 83:3-11
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3 They lay (A)crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your (B)treasured ones.
4 They say, “Come, (C)let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
5 For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—
6 the tents of (D)Edom and (E)the Ishmaelites,
(F)Moab and (G)the Hagrites,
7 (H)Gebal and (I)Ammon and (J)Amalek,
(K)Philistia with the inhabitants of (L)Tyre;
8 (M)Asshur also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of (N)the children of Lot. Selah
9 Do to them as you did to (O)Midian,
as to (P)Sisera and Jabin at (Q)the river Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at (R)En-dor,
who became (S)dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like (T)Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like (U)Zebah and Zalmunna,
Acts 23:12-13
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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.
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Jeremiah 20:10
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Isaiah 8:9-10
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9 Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, (B)but it will not stand,
for God (C)is with us.[c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
- Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
- Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel
Psalm 2:1-3
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The Reign of the Lord's Anointed
2 (A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble
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