13 (A)For I hear the slander of many;
(B)Fear is on every side;
While they (C)take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.

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13 For I hear many whispering,(A)
    “Terror on every side!”(B)
They conspire against me(C)
    and plot to take my life.(D)

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10 (A)For I heard many [a]mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
(B)All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”

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  1. Jeremiah 20:10 slandering

10 I hear many whispering,
    “Terror(A) on every side!
    Denounce(B) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends(C)
    are waiting for me to slip,(D) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail(E) over him
    and take our revenge(F) on him.”

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Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate(A)

27 When morning came, (B)all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.

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Judas Hangs Himself

27 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed.(A)

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22 “You have invited as to a feast day
(A)The terrors that surround me.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
There was no refugee or survivor.
(B)Those whom I have borne and brought up
My enemies have (C)destroyed.”

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22 “As you summon to a feast day,
    so you summoned against me terrors(A) on every side.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
    no one escaped(B) or survived;
those I cared for and reared(C)
    my enemy has destroyed.”

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33 Then Saul (A)cast a spear at him to [a]kill him, (B)by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.

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  1. 1 Samuel 20:33 strike him down

33 But Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father intended(A) to kill David.

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(A)Then the chief priests, [a]the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, and (B)plotted to take Jesus by [b]trickery and kill Him.

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  1. Matthew 26:3 NU omits the scribes
  2. Matthew 26:4 deception

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled(A) in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,(B) and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.(C)

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The Advice of Ahithophel and Hushai

17 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. I will come upon him while he is (A)weary and weak, and make him [a]afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will (B)strike only the king. Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace.” And the saying pleased Absalom and all the (C)elders of Israel.

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  1. 2 Samuel 17:2 tremble with fear

17 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “I would[a] choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I would attack him while he is weary and weak.(A) I would strike him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would strike down only the king(B) and bring all the people back to you. The death of the man you seek will mean the return of all; all the people will be unharmed.” This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

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  1. 2 Samuel 17:1 Or Let me

But they were the more fierce, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from (A)Galilee to this place.”

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But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee(A) and has come all the way here.”

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Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate(A)

23 Then (B)the whole multitude of them arose and led Him to (C)Pilate. And they began to (D)accuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow (E)perverting [a]the nation, and (F)forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying (G)that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

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  1. Luke 23:2 NU our

23 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.(A) And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation.(B) He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar(C) and claims to be Messiah, a king.”(D)

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59 Now the chief priests, [a]the elders, and all the council sought (A)false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,

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  1. Matthew 26:59 NU omits the elders

59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin(A) were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

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19 But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, (A)and let us cut him off from (B)the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

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19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(A) I did not realize that they had plotted(B) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(C)
    that his name be remembered(D) no more.”

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25 Do not go out into the field,
Nor walk by the way.
Because of the sword of the enemy,
Fear is on every side.

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25 Do not go out to the fields
    or walk on the roads,
for the enemy has a sword,
    and there is terror on every side.(A)

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Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(A)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

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Whoever slanders their neighbor(A) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes(B) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

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