The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.

Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss."

If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.

When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near."

asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.

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The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

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If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.

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The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss."
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