26 Bible Verses about Plotting

The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God.

Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,

if to the king it be good, let it be written to destroy them, and ten thousand talents of silver I weigh into the hands of those doing the work, to bring it in unto the treasuries of the king.'

Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

Frowardness is in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

And the miser -- his instruments are evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him,

And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;

and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --

and he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them,

and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, 'What may we do? because this man doth many signs?

From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;

And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say unto them, 'Enough of you! for all the company -- all of them are holy, and in their midst is Jehovah; and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah?'

and Abimelech son of Jerubbaal goeth to Shechem, unto his mother's brethren, and speaketh unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

And his servants rise, and make a conspiracy, and smite Joash in the house of Millo, that is going down to Silla:

And they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there,

Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he is faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.

And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;