The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Come now therefore, I pray you, curse for me this people; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause:

They helped everyone his neighbor; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage.

And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

Commune

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you travel on sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Of laying snares

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.

Who

He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it.

Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?

Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his idols? for they say, The LORD sees us not; the LORD has forsaken the land.

General references

For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.