15 Bible Verses about Attempting To Kill Specific People

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus as well,

He was anxious to kill him but he was afraid of the people, for they held John to be a prophet.

Herodias had a grudge against him; she wanted him killed but she could not manage it,

When they heard this, they were so furious that they determined to make away with the apostles.

and the Jews, after a number of days had elapsed, conspired to make away with him. But their plot came to the ears of Saul, and, although they kept watch on the gates day and night in order to make away with him,

he also held conversations and debates with the Hellenists. But when the brothers learned that the Hellenists were attempting to make away with him,

They were attempting to kill him, when word reached the commander of the garrison that the whole of Jerusalem was in confusion.

Now you and the Sanhedrin must inform the commander that you propose to investigate this case in detail, so that he may have Paul brought down to you. We will be all ready to kill him on the way down."

But Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, who won over the crowds, and after pelting Paul with stones they dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead.

When day broke, the Jews formed a conspiracy, taking a solemn oath neither to eat nor to drink till they had killed Paul.

They then went to the high priests and elders, saying, "We have taken a solemn oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.

Now do not let them persuade you. More than forty of them are lying in ambush for him, and they have taken a solemn oath neither to eat nor to drink till they have murdered him. They are all ready at this moment, awaiting your consent."

This is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to assassinate me.

as a special favour, to send for him to Jerusalem, meaning to lay an ambush for him and murder him on the road.

Now the soldiers resolved to kill the prisoners, in case any of them swam off and escaped;