Psalm 21:11


For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.

Psalm 2:1

Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?

Psalm 10:2


In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Psalm 31:13


For I have heard the slander and whispering of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they schemed together against me,
They plotted to take away my life.

Psalm 35:20


For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land.

Psalm 83:4


They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;
Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Isaiah 7:6-7

“Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it; and let us breach its wall and tear it apart [each of us taking a portion] and set up the son of Tabeel over it as its [puppet] king,”

Isaiah 8:9-10


“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered!
Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries.
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered;
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.

Jeremiah 11:18-19


Then the Lord gave me knowledge [of their plot], and I knew it;
So You [O Lord] revealed their deeds to me.

Ezekiel 11:2

Then the Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise evil and give wicked advice in this city,

Matthew 2:8

Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi.

Matthew 21:46

And although they were trying to arrest Him, they feared the people, because they regarded Jesus as a prophet.

Matthew 26:4-5

and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

Matthew 27:63-64

and said, “Sir, we have remembered that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise [from the dead].’

Matthew 28:2-6

And a great earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone [from the opening of the tomb], and sat on it.

Acts 4:17-18

But to keep it from spreading further among the people and the nation, let us [sternly] warn them not to speak again to anyone in this name.”

Acts 5:27-28

So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

General references

Bible References

Imagined

Psalm 2:1
Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
Psalm 10:2

In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Psalm 31:13

For I have heard the slander and whispering of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they schemed together against me,
They plotted to take away my life.
Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land.
Jeremiah 11:18

Then the Lord gave me knowledge [of their plot], and I knew it;
So You [O Lord] revealed their deeds to me.
Ezekiel 11:2
Then the Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise evil and give wicked advice in this city,
Matthew 21:46
And although they were trying to arrest Him, they feared the people, because they regarded Jesus as a prophet.
Matthew 26:4
and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
Acts 5:27
So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them,

Are not

Psalm 83:4

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;
Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Isaiah 7:6
“Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it; and let us breach its wall and tear it apart [each of us taking a portion] and set up the son of Tabeel over it as its [puppet] king,”
Isaiah 8:9

“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered!
Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries.
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered;
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.
Matthew 2:8
Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”
Matthew 27:63
and said, “Sir, we have remembered that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise [from the dead].’
Matthew 28:2
And a great earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone [from the opening of the tomb], and sat on it.
Acts 4:17
But to keep it from spreading further among the people and the nation, let us [sternly] warn them not to speak again to anyone in this name.”

General references

Proverbs 24:8

He who plans to do evil
Will be called a schemer or deviser of evil.
Luke 20:43

Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’