Psalm 2:1

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

Psalm 46:6

Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.

Psalm 83:4-8

They say, "Come on, let's annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more."

Revelation 17:14

They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful."

Psalm 18:42

I grind them as fine windblown dust; I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets.

Psalm 21:11

Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

Isaiah 8:9

You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

Luke 18:32

For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.

Luke 22:1-2

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

Luke 22:5

They were delighted and arranged to give him money.

Luke 22:22-23

For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"

John 11:49-50

Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing at all!

Acts 4:25-26

who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

Acts 5:33

Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

Acts 16:22

The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

Acts 17:5-6

But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

Acts 19:28-32

When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

Bible References

People

Matthew 21:38
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'
John 11:49
Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing at all!
Acts 5:33
Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.
Revelation 17:14
They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful."

General references

Numbers 23:25
Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!"
Psalm 57:9
I will give you thanks before the nations, O Master! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!
Ezekiel 11:2
The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.
Ezekiel 38:7
"'Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.
Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'
Luke 22:2
The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

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