Jeremiah 38:4
So these officials said to the king, "This man must be put to death. For he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in the city as well as all the other people there by these things he is saying. This man is not seeking to help these people but is trying to harm them."
Jeremiah 26:11
Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said, "This man should be condemned to die because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so with your own ears."
Exodus 5:4
The king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!"
1 Kings 18:17-18
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?"
1 Kings 21:20
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, "So, you have found me, my enemy!" Elijah replied, "I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
Nehemiah 6:9
All of them were wanting to scare us, supposing, "Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won't get done." So now, strengthen my hands!
Jeremiah 29:7
Work to see that the city where I sent you as exiles enjoys peace and prosperity. Pray to the Lord for it. For as it prospers you will prosper.'
Amos 7:10
Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: "Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.
Acts 16:20
When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
2 Chronicles 24:21
They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord's temple.
Ezra 4:12
Now let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city. They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations.
Jeremiah 26:21-23
When the king and all his bodyguards and officials heard what he was prophesying, the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear.
Jeremiah 36:12-16
He went down to the chamber of the royal secretary in the king's palace and found all the court officials in session there. Elishama the royal secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials were seated there.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey -- shedding blood and destroying lives -- so they can get dishonest profit.
Micah 3:1-3
I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,
Zephaniah 3:1-3
The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!
Luke 23:2
They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."
John 11:46-50
But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done.
Acts 17:6
When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, "These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
Acts 24:5
For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Acts 28:22
But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it."