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.
Delight
Bless
Inwardly
General references
Bible References
Consult
Matthew 2:3
Reports of this soon reached the king, and greatly agitated not only him but all the people of Jerusalem.
Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and consulted together how they might entrap Him in His conversation.
Matthew 26:3
Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas,
Matthew 27:1
When morning came all the High Priests and the Elders of the people consulted together against Jesus to put Him to death;
John 11:47
Therefore the High Priests and the Pharisees held a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What steps are we taking?" they asked one another; "for this man is performing a great number of miracles.
Acts 4:16
"What are we to do with these men?" they asked one another; for the fact that a remarkable miracle has been performed by them is well known to every one in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
Delight
John 8:44
The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
Romans 1:32
In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.
Revelation 22:15
The unclean are shut out, and so are all who practise magic, all fornicators, all murderers, and those who worship idols, and every one who loves falsehood and tells lies.
Bless
Luke 20:20
So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.
Inwardly
Luke 11:39
The Master however said to him, "Here we see how you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup or plate, while your secret hearts are full of greed and selfishness.
Romans 7:22
For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;
General references
Acts 24:9
The Jews also joined in the charge, maintaining that these were facts.