Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Bible References

For

Psalm 120:5
Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

But

Psalm 31:13
For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
Psalm 64:4
To shoot from concealment at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
Psalm 140:2
Who devise evil things in their hearts;
They continually stir up wars.
Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
And let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no more.”
Daniel 6:5
Then these men said, “We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him with regard to the law of his God.”
Matthew 26:4
and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
Acts 23:15
Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case by a more thorough investigation; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near the place.”
Acts 25:3
requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way).

Quiet

Matthew 12:19
He will not quarrel, nor cry out;
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
1 Peter 2:22
who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;