Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the whispering and defaming words of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
All my familiar and trusted friends,
[Those who are] watching for my fall, say,
“Perhaps he will be persuaded and deceived; then we will overcome him,
And take our revenge on him.”
Psalm 31:13
For I have heard the slander and whispering of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they schemed together against me,
They plotted to take away my life.
Psalm 41:9
Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].
1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and even more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your
Isaiah 29:21
Those who cause a person to be condemned with a [false] word,
And lay a trap for him who upholds justice at the [city] gate,
And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
Nehemiah 6:6-13
In it was written, “It is reported among the [neighboring] nations, and Gashmu is saying that you and the Jews are planning to revolt, and that is the reason you are rebuilding the wall. And according to these reports, you are to be their king.
Jeremiah 6:25
Do not go out into the field
Nor walk on the road,
For the enemy is armed with the sword;
Terror is on every side.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then [my enemies] said, “Come and let us work out schemes against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest [as Jeremiah predicts], nor the counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with our tongue [by making charges against him before the king], and let us ignore anything he says.”
Luke 11:53-54
When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile [toward Him] and to interrogate Him on many subjects,
1 Kings 21:20
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
1 Kings 22:8
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, because he never prophesies good news for me, but only evil.” But Jehoshaphat said, “May the king not say that [Micaiah only tells bad news].”
1 Kings 22:27
and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in prison, and feed him sparingly with the bread and water until I return safely.”’”
Job 19:19
“All the men of my council hate me;
Those I love have turned against me.
Psalm 55:13-14
But it is you, a man my equal and my counsel,
My companion and my familiar friend;
Psalm 57:4
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 64:2-4
Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly,
From the scheming of those who do wrong,
Proverbs 10:18
He who hides hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
Ezekiel 22:9
In you are men who slander for the purpose of shedding blood, and in your presence they have eaten [food offered to idols] at the mountain shrines; in your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.
Matthew 26:59-60
Now the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) tried to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might [have a reason to] put Him to death.
Mark 6:19-28
Herodias had a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not,
Luke 12:52-53
Luke 20:20
So they watched [for a chance to trap] Him. They sent spies who pretended to be upright and sincere, in order that they might catch Him in some statement [that they could distort and use against Him], so that they could turn Him over to the control and authority of [Pilate] the governor.
Acts 5:33
Now when they heard this, they were infuriated and they intended to kill the apostles.
Acts 6:11-15
Then [to attack him another way] they secretly instructed men to say, “We have heard this man [Stephen] speak blasphemous (slanderous, sacrilegious, abusive) words against Moses and against God.”
Acts 7:54
Now when
Acts 23:12-15
Now when day came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath (curse), saying that they would not eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
Acts 24:1-9
Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down [from Jerusalem to Caesarea] with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus [acting as spokesman and counsel]. They presented to the governor their [formal] charges against Paul.
Acts 24:13
Nor can they present evidence to you to prove what they now bring against me.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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I heard
Fear
Report
All my familiars
General references
Bible References
I heard
For I have heard the slander and whispering of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they schemed together against me,
They plotted to take away my life.
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly,
From the scheming of those who do wrong,
Fear
Report
He who hides hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
Those who cause a person to be condemned with a [false] word,
And lay a trap for him who upholds justice at the [city] gate,
And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
All my familiars
“All the men of my council hate me;
Those I love have turned against me.
Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].
But it is you, a man my equal and my counsel,
My companion and my familiar friend;
We shall
General references
When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your comforts delight me.