'Attempting' in the Bible
And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life.
And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast.
And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?
And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.
And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.
On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.
Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;
Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.
As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.
The king made answer and said, I am certain that you are attempting to get more time, because you see that my decision is fixed;
And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given into his hands for a time and times and half a time.
Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.
But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?
And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;
The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?
We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.
And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.
Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,
Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you?
It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.
Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.
My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;