Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
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Bible References
Certain
Acts 23:21
Do not give in to them. There are more than forty men lying in wait for him. They are united with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready and looking for a promise from you.
Acts 25:3
They desired favor against him that he would transfer him to Jerusalem. Then they would ambush him along the way and kill him.
Psalm 2:1
Why do the nations conspire together and rage? Why do the peoples plot in vain?
Psalm 64:2
Keep me safe from secret plots of corrupt evildoers.
Isaiah 8:9
Be broken, you people. Be terrified. Listen all you distant parts of the earth. Prepare for battle and be terrified. Prepare for battle and be terrified!
Jeremiah 11:19
I was like an unquestioning lamb brought to the slaughter. I did not know that they were plotting against me. They were saying: Let us destroy the tree with its fruit. Let us cut Jeremiah off from this world of the living so that we will not be reminded of him anymore.
Matthew 26:4
All of them, using deceit, worked together to capture Jesus and kill him.
Bound
1 Kings 19:2
She sent a message to Elijah: May the gods strike me dead if by this time tomorrow I do not do the same thing to you that you did to the prophets.
2 Kings 6:31
He exclaimed: May God strike me dead if Elisha is not beheaded before the day is over!
Matthew 27:25
The people answered: Let his blood be on us, and on our children.
Mark 6:23
He pledged to her, Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.
Under a curse
Leviticus 27:29
People dedicated this way may not be bought back. They must be put to death.
Joshua 6:26
Joshua pronounced an oath at that time, saying: Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that rises up and builds this city Jericho. He will lay the foundation at the cost of his firstborn. He will set up the gates at the cost of his youngest son.
Joshua 7:1
The children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.
Nehemiah 10:29
They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Jehovah, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules.
Matthew 26:74
Then with curses and oaths he said: I do not know the man! And immediately a rooster crowed.
Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. It is written; Cursed is everyone who is hung on a stake.
General references
Jeremiah 11:9
Jehovah said to me: A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.