Proverbs 1:11
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11 They may say, “Come and join us.
Let’s hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!
Jeremiah 5:26
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26 “Among my people are wicked men
who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind.
They continually set traps
to catch people.
Proverbs 1:18
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18 But these people set an ambush for themselves;
they are trying to get themselves killed.
Proverbs 12:6
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6 The words of the wicked are like a murderous ambush,
but the words of the godly save lives.
Acts 25:3
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3 They asked Festus as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem (planning to ambush and kill him on the way).
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Acts 23:15
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15 So you and the high council should ask the commander to bring Paul back to the council again. Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way.”
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John 15:25
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25 This fulfills what is written in their Scriptures[a]: ‘They hated me without cause.’
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Matthew 26:3-4
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3 At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest, 4 plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.
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Micah 7:2
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2 The godly people have all disappeared;
not one honest person is left on the earth.
They are all murderers,
setting traps even for their own brothers.
Jeremiah 18:18-20
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A Plot against Jeremiah
18 Then the people said, “Come on, let’s plot a way to stop Jeremiah. We have plenty of priests and wise men and prophets. We don’t need him to teach the word and give us advice and prophecies. Let’s spread rumors about him and ignore what he says.”
19 Lord, hear me and help me!
Listen to what my enemies are saying.
20 Should they repay evil for good?
They have dug a pit to kill me,
though I pleaded for them
and tried to protect them from your anger.
Jeremiah 11:19
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19 I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”
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Proverbs 30:14
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14 They have teeth like swords
and fangs like knives.
They devour the poor from the earth
and the needy from among humanity.
Proverbs 1:16
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16 They rush to commit evil deeds.
They hurry to commit murder.
Psalm 64:5-6
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5 They encourage each other to do evil
and plan how to set their traps in secret.
“Who will ever notice?” they ask.
6 As they plot their crimes, they say,
“We have devised the perfect plan!”
Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
Psalm 56:6
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6 They come together to spy on me—
watching my every step, eager to kill me.
Psalm 35:7
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7 I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me.
I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
Psalm 17:12
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12 They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart—
like young lions hiding in ambush.
Psalm 10:8-10
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8 They lurk in ambush in the villages,
waiting to murder innocent people.
They are always searching for helpless victims.
9 Like lions crouched in hiding,
they wait to pounce on the helpless.
Like hunters they capture the helpless
and drag them away in nets.
10 Their helpless victims are crushed;
they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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