26 Bible Verses about Plotting

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; because of their plottings together against me, they planned to take away my life.

Let them be humbled and put to shame, those who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and be brought to blushing, those who plot evil to me.

For they intended evil against You; they imagined a wicked thing; they are not able to prevail.

Woe to those who plot wickedness and prepare evil on their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

He shuts his eyes to think of perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

Then the Pharisees went out and held council against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

If it pleases the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed. And I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those who have charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

He plots evil on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not hate evil.

perversity is in his heart; he is always planning mischief; he causes fighting.

Also the weapons of the fool are evil; he thinks of wicked ways to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

And they consulted so that they might take Jesus by guile and kill Him.

And it becoming early morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

And they were filled with madness, and talked with one another as to what they might do to Jesus.

And He taught in the temple daily. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy Him.

And going, he talked with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them.

And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the sabbath day.

Then the chief priests and Pharisees gathered a sanhedrin, and said, What can we do? For this man does many miracles.

Then from that day they took counsel together that they might kill Him.

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.

And they gathered themselves against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon you, since all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them. Why then do you lift yourselves up above the congregation of Jehovah?

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to his mother's brothers. And he talked with them and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

And his servants arose and made a plot. And they killed Joash in the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla.

And they made a plot against him at Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. And they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

Then the presidents and rulers sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom. But they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. Neither was there any error or fault found in him.

And when it became day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.