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Jeremiah 18:18
Then some people said,“ Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
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Psalms 140:1-5
O LORD, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men,who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.( Selah)O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.( Selah)
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Psalms 37:32-33
Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.But the LORD does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.
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Acts 23:12-15
When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“ We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”
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Luke 23:8-24
When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign.So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,and said to them,“ You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.I will therefore have him flogged and release him.”
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Mark 6:23-25
He swore to her,“ Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”So she went out and said to her mother,“ What should I ask for?” Her mother said,“ The head of John the baptizer.”Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request:“ I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
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John 16:3
They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
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Romans 3:8
And why not say,“ Let us do evil so that good may come of it”?– as some who slander us allege that we say.( Their condemnation is deserved!)
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Jeremiah 38:4
So these officials said to the king,“ This man must be put to death. For he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in the city as well as all the other people there by these things he is saying. This man is not seeking to help these people but is trying to harm them.”
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Psalms 64:2-6
Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast,“ Who will see them?”They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
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Acts 9:2
and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
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1 Samuel 23 19-1 Samuel 23 21
Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said,“ Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”Saul replied,“ May you be blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.
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Acts 9:24
but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.
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Acts 26:9-11
Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.