Psalm 21:11
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11 Although they plot against you,
their evil schemes will never succeed.
Psalm 10:2
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2 The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor.
Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
Psalm 2:1
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Psalm 2
1 Why are the nations so angry?
Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
Jeremiah 11:18-19
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A Plot against Jeremiah
18 Then the Lord told me about the plots my enemies were making against me. 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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Matthew 2:16
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16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.
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Isaiah 7:6-7
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6 ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah’s king.’ 7 But this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“This invasion will never happen;
it will never take place;
Psalm 31:13
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13 I have heard the many rumors about me,
and I am surrounded by terror.
My enemies conspire against me,
plotting to take my life.
Matthew 28:2-6
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2 Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. 3 His face shone like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow. 4 The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell into a dead faint.
5 Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying.
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Matthew 27:63-64
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63 They told him, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise from the dead.’ 64 So we request that you seal the tomb until the third day. This will prevent his disciples from coming and stealing his body and then telling everyone he was raised from the dead! If that happens, we’ll be worse off than we were at first.”
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Matthew 2:8
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8 Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
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Isaiah 8:9-10
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9 “Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified.
Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
10 Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless.
Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.
For God is with us![a]”
Footnotes
- 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel!
Acts 4:17-18
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17 But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.” 18 So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.
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Psalm 83:4
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4 “Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation.
We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
Psalm 35:20
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20 They don’t talk of peace;
they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.
Matthew 26:4-5
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4 plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him. 5 “But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”
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Matthew 21:46
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46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.
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Ezekiel 11:2
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2 The Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.
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Acts 5:27-28
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27 Then they brought the apostles before the high council, where the high priest confronted them. 28 “We gave you strict orders never again to teach in this man’s name!” he said. “Instead, you have filled all Jerusalem with your teaching about him, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”
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