Matthew 2:8
He sent them to Bethlehem. He said: Search diligently for the young child. When you find him, bring me word so I may come and bow down to him also.
1 Samuel 23:22-23
Go and make sure once more. Find out for certain where he is and who has seen him there. I hear that he is very cunning.
2 Samuel 15:7-12
After four years Absalom said to King David: My lord let me go to Hebron and keep a promise I made to Jehovah.
2 Samuel 17:14
Absalom and all the people of Israel said: The advice of Hushai from Archi's family is better than Ahithophel's advice. Jehovah commanded Ahithophel's good advice to be defeated in order to ruin Absalom.
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 10:18-19
Jehu assembled all the people and said to them: Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.
Ezra 4:1-2
News came to the enemies of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Job 5:12-13
He keeps shrewd (crafty) (cunning) people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.
Psalm 12:2-3
People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)
Psalm 33:10-11
Jehovah nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Psalm 55:11-15
Destruction is everywhere. Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah!
Proverbs 26:24-25
He who hates disguises with his lips, and stores deceit within him.
Jeremiah 41:5-7
Eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. Their beards were shaved off, their clothes were torn, and cuts were on their bodies. They brought grain offerings and incense to Jehovah's Temple.
Lamentations 3:37
Who is able to say something should occur if Jehovah has not ordered it.
Matthew 26:48-49
He that betrayed him gave them a sign. He told them: The one I kiss is he. Take him.
Luke 20:20-21
They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous. The spies listened for something in his speech to deliver him up to the authority of the governor.
1 Corinthians 3:19-20
For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. It is written: He catches the wise in their own craftiness (deception). (Job 5:13)