Psalm 56:6
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6 They stir up strife; they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.(A)
Psalm 71:10
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10 For my enemies speak concerning me,
and those who watch for my life consult together.(A)
Psalm 59:3
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3 Even now they lie in wait for my life;
the mighty stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,(A)
Psalm 140:2
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2 who plan evil things in their minds
and stir up wars continually.(A)
Acts 23:12-14
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The Plot to Kill Paul
12 In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.(A) 13 There were more than forty who joined in this conspiracy. 14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food until we have killed Paul.(B)
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Luke 20:20
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The Question about Paying Tribute
20 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said and then to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.
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Acts 4:5-6
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5 The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,(A) 6 with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John,[a] and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.(B)
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- 4.6 Other ancient authorities read Jonathan
Matthew 27:1
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Jesus Brought before Pilate
27 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death.
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Matthew 26:57
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Jesus before the High Priest
57 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.
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Matthew 26:3-4
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3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,(A) 4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(B)
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Daniel 6:4
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4 So the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for complaint against Daniel in connection with the kingdom. But they could find no grounds for complaint or any corruption, because he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption could be found in him.(A)
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Jeremiah 20:10
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10 For I hear many whispering:
“Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
All my close friends
are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed,
and we can prevail against him
and take our revenge on him.”(A)
Isaiah 54:15
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15 If anyone stirs up strife,
it is not from me;
whoever stirs up strife with you
shall fall because of you.(A)
Psalm 89:51
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51 with which your enemies taunt, O Lord,
with which they taunted the footsteps of your anointed.(A)
Psalm 64:2-6
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2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the scheming of evildoers,(A)
3 who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,(B)
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.(C)
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?[a](D)
6 Who can search out our crimes?[b]
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.”
For the human heart and mind are deep.(E)
Psalm 57:6
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6 They set a net for my steps;
my soul was bowed down.
They dug a pit in my path,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah(A)
Psalm 37:32
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32 The wicked watch for the righteous
and seek to kill them.(A)
Psalm 10:8-10
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8 They sit in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places they murder the innocent.
Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;(A)
9 they lurk in secret like a lion in its den;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.(B)
10 They stoop, they crouch,
and the helpless fall by their might.
Psalm 2:1-3
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Psalm 2
God’s Promise to His Anointed
1 Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?(A)
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and his anointed, saying,(B)
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast their cords from us.”
Job 31:4
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4 Does he not see my ways
and number all my steps?(A)
Job 14:16
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- 14.16 Syr: Heb lacks not
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