Matthew 26:4

They were taking counsel together as to how they might take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

Matthew 12:14

But the Pharisees left and began discussing together how they could arrange to kill Him.

Matthew 23:33

You snakes! You children of snakes! How do you expect to escape being judged [and condemned] in hell?

Acts 7:19

This king exploited the Hebrews and mistreated our forefathers, even requiring that they abandon their [small] babies, leaving them to die [See Exodus 1:22].

Acts 13:10

and said, "You child of the devil; you enemy of all that is right; you are full of deceit and every kind of evil [thing]. When will you stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that somehow, just as the snake tricked Eve by his cunning, your minds might [also] be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 26:4

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

General references

Matthew 2:7

Matthew 28:12

Luke 22:2

Bible References

General references

Then Herod summoned the astrologer/sages and learned from them exactly when the star had appeared.

And when they had assembled with the [Jewish] elders and conferred with them, they offered large sums of money to the soldiers,

And the leading priests and experts in the law of Moses were looking for a way to kill Jesus because they were afraid of the people [i.e., that people would riot if it were done during the Festival. See Matt. 26:5].