Psalm 37:32
New Living Translation
32 The wicked wait in ambush for the godly,
looking for an excuse to kill them.
Luke 19:47-48
New Living Translation
47 After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him. 48 But they could think of nothing, because all the people hung on every word he said.
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Psalm 10:8-10
New Living Translation
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.
Acts 9:24
New Living Translation
24 They were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him, but Saul was told about their plot.
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Luke 20:20
New Living Translation
Taxes for Caesar
20 Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.
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Luke 14:1
New Living Translation
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
14 One Sabbath day Jesus went to eat dinner in the home of a leader of the Pharisees, and the people were watching him closely.
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Luke 11:54
New Living Translation
54 They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.
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Luke 6:7
New Living Translation
7 The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.
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Jeremiah 20:10
New Living Translation
10 I have heard the many rumors about me.
They call me “The Man Who Lives in Terror.”
They threaten, “If you say anything, we will report it.”
Even my old friends are watching me,
waiting for a fatal slip.
“He will trap himself,” they say,
“and then we will get our revenge on him.”
Psalm 37:12
New Living Translation
12 The wicked plot against the godly;
they snarl at them in defiance.
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