Acts 23:15

So now you, along with the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), notify the commander to bring Paul down to you, as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. But we are ready to kill him before he comes near [the place].”

Psalm 21:11


For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.

Psalm 37:32-33


The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.

Proverbs 1:11-12


If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 1:16


For their feet run to evil,
And they hurry to shed blood.

Proverbs 4:16


For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.

Isaiah 59:7


Their feet run to evil,
And they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing];
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

Acts 22:30-1

But on the next day, wanting to know the real reason why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) to assemble; and brought Paul down and presented him before them.

Acts 25:3

asking as a concession against Paul, that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; (meanwhile planning an ambush to kill him on the way).

Romans 3:14-16


Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

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Summary

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

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Acts 25:3
asking as a concession against Paul, that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; (meanwhile planning an ambush to kill him on the way).
Psalm 21:11

For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.
Psalm 37:32

The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Proverbs 4:16

For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.
Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil,
And they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing];
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
Romans 3:14

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

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Jeremiah 11:9
Then the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the people of Jerusalem.