Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Bless

General references

Bible References

Consult

Matthew 2:3
When Herod the king heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and held a consultation, that they might entrap him in his words.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people met together at the palace of the chief priest, who was called Caiaphas.
Matthew 27:1
When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people held a consultation against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
John 11:47
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called together the Sanhedrin, and said: What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
Acts 4:16
saying: What shall we do with these men? For that an evident sign has been done by them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we can not deny it.

Delight

John 8:44
You are of your father, the devil; and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the be ginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks that which is false, he speaks from what is his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Romans 1:32
who, acknowledging the judgment of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but approve those who practice them.
Revelation 22:15
With out are dogs and sorcerers and lewd persons and murderers and idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.

Bless

Luke 20:20
And they watched him, and sent spies, who feigned them selves to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

Inwardly

Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him: Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
Romans 7:22
For, in the inward man, I delight in the law of God:

General references

Acts 24:9
And the Jews united in accusing him, saying that these things were so.