Matthew 26:4

and plotted to arrest Jesus by stratagem and put Him to death.

Matthew 12:14

But the Pharisees went out and held a consultation against Him, to put Him to death.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents! You brood of vipers! How can you escape a sentence to the pit!

Acts 7:19

By taking a cunning advantage of our race he oppressed our forefathers by forcing them to expose their infants so that they should not live.

Acts 13:10

and said, "You expert in every form of deception and sleight-of-hand, you son of the devil, you enemy of all that is right, will you never stop trying to make the Lord's straight paths crooked!

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am apprehensive that, somehow or other, as the serpent by his cunning deceived Eve, your thoughts may be turned aside from single-hearted devotion to Christ.

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Summary

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

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Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly sent for the stargazers, and found out from them exactly the time the star appeared.
Matthew 28:12
So they met and held a consultation with the elders, and bribed the soldiers with a large sum of money,
Luke 22:2
So the high priests and the scribes continued to seek how they might put Him to death, for they were afraid of the people.