Acts 24:5
We have found this man to be a troublemaker who stirs up sedition (resists lawful authority) among all the Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Acts 28:22
We desire to hear your opinion concerning this sect. We have knowledge that it is attacked in all places.
Acts 24:14
This I confess to you that according to The Way, which they call a sect, I serve the God of our fathers. I believe all the things written in the law and the prophets.
Acts 15:5
The believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stated: It is needed to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.
Acts 26:5
They knew me from the beginning. They could testify that I was from the strictest sect of our religion and I lived as a Pharisee.
Luke 23:2
They accused him, saying: We found this man perverting our nation. He forbids payment of tax to Caesar. He claims to be Christ a king.
Acts 5:17
Then the high priest rose up, and all those of the sect of the Sadducees who were with him were filled with zeal (indignation).
Acts 16:20-21
They took them to the magistrates and said: These men, being Jews, cause great trouble in our city.
Acts 17:6-7
When they did not find them they dragged Jason and other brothers before the rulers of the city. They said: These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.
Acts 21:28
They shouted: Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and defiled this holy place.
1 Samuel 22:7-9
He said to his officials: Listen to me men of Benjamin! Will Jesse's son give every one of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all officers over a regiment or a battalion of soldiers?
1 Kings 18:17-18
Ahab saw Elijah. He said: Is it you, Israel's troublemaker?
Ezra 4:12-19
We give news to the king that the Jews who came from you have come to us at Jerusalem. They are again building that uncontrolled and evil town. The walls are complete and they are repairing the bases.
Nehemiah 6:5-8
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.
Esther 3:8
Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of any other nation. They do not keep the king's laws. For this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.
Jeremiah 38:4
The officials went to the king and said: This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage. He is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people. He only wants to hurt them.
Amos 7:10
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
Matthew 2:23
He made his home in Nazareth. Thus the prophecy came true: He [Jesus] will be called a Nazarene.
Matthew 5:11-12
Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple (student) that he is like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub (Satan), others of the household could also be called the same!
Luke 23:5
They were more insistent saying: He excites the people throughout all Judea, beginning in Galilee even to this place.
Luke 23:19
He was thrown into prison for insurrection (sedition) in the city and murder.
Luke 23:25
He released the man who was in prison for insurrection and murder and he delivered Jesus to their will.
Acts 6:13
They brought false witnesses, which said: This man will not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
Acts 22:22
The people listened to Paul until he said this. Then they shouted at the top of their voices: Away with him! Kill him! He is not fit to live!
1 Corinthians 4:13
being slandered, we answer kindly. We are made as the filth of the world and are the refuse of all things to this day.
1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must be also heresies among you that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.
1 Peter 2:12-15
Maintain fine behavior among the nations. That way when they speak badly about you, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation (inspection).
1 Peter 2:19
For this is to your credit to suffer wrongfully and endure grief because of your conscience toward God.