Matthew 14:5
And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.
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Matthew 14:5
And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.
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Matthew 14:3
For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Matthew 14:4
Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.
Mark 6:17
For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.
Mark 6:18
For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.
Mark 6:19
And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;
Mark 6:20
For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.
Matthew 4:12
Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;
Luke 3:19
But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,
Luke 3:20
Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.
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Matthew 21:26
But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.
Luke 20:6
But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.
Mark 11:32
But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.
Acts 5:26
Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.
Matthew 21:46
And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.
Luke 20:19
And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.
Luke 22:2
And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.
Matthew 21:23
And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?
Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
Mark 12:12
And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.
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Matthew 14:6
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.
Matthew 14:7
So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.
Matthew 14:8
And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.
Matthew 14:9
And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;
Matthew 14:10
And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.
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1 Samuel 15:24
And Saul said to Samuel, Great is my sin: for I have gone against the orders of the Lord and against your words: because, fearing the people, I did what they said.
1 Samuel 14:45
And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.
John 7:13
But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.
Acts 12:3
And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.
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Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;
Matthew 3:5
Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;
Luke 7:28
I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
Luke 7:29
(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.
John 10:41
And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.
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2 Samuel 12:13
And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
1 Kings 13:4
Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.
1 Kings 21:20
And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 16:10
Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.
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2 Chronicles 24:20
Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up.
2 Chronicles 24:21
But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
2 Chronicles 24:22
So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment!
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Matthew 13:57
And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.
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