Matthew 2:4
And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.
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Matthew 2:4
And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.
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Genesis 17:15
And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.
Genesis 49:10
The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
Psalms 2:4
Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.
Psalms 2:5
Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:
Psalms 2:6
But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 2:8
Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.
Psalms 89:27
And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
Jeremiah 23:5
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
Matthew 1:21
And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.
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Genesis 35:19
So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).
Genesis 48:7
And as for me, when I came from Paddan, death overtook Rachel on the way, when we were still some distance from Ephrath; and I put her to rest there on the road to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
Ruth 1:19
So the two of them went on till they came to Beth-lehem. And when they came to Beth-lehem all the town was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Ruth 2:4
And Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the grain-cutters, The Lord be with you. And they made answer, The Lord give you his blessing.
Ruth 4:11
And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;
Ruth 4:17
And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Ruth 4:21
And Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed;
Ruth 4:22
And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
1 Samuel 16:1
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:4
And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.
1 Samuel 17:58
And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.
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Exodus 1:16
When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.
Revelation 12:2
And she was with child; and she gave a cry, in the pains of childbirth.
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Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.
Daniel 9:26
And at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off and have no...;and the town and the holy place will be made waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an overflowing of waters, and even to the end there will be war; the making waste which has been fixed.
Daniel 9:27
And a strong order will be sent out against the great number for one week; and so for half of the week the offering and the meal offering will come to an end; and in its place will be an unclean thing causing fear; till the destruction which has been fixed is let loose on him who has made waste.
Luke 1:78
Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
John 5:39
You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
2 Peter 1:19
And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
Revelation 22:16
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.
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Deuteronomy 28:28
He will make your minds diseased, and your eyes blind, and your hearts wasted with fear:
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Deuteronomy 33:10
They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.
2 Chronicles 15:3
Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;
2 Chronicles 17:8
And with them, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and Elishama and Jehoram the priests.
2 Chronicles 17:9
And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.
Nehemiah 8:9
And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.
Ezekiel 44:21
The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.
Ezekiel 44:22
And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
Ezekiel 44:23
And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.
Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
1 Timothy 3:2
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
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Joshua 1:10
Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,
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1 Samuel 20:6
And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.
Psalms 129:8
And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.
Luke 2:4
And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,
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1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?
1 Samuel 20:31
For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.
Acts 9:2
And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:33
Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.
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1 Samuel 28:21
And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was in great trouble, and said to him, See now, your servant has given ear to your words, and I have put my life in danger by doing what you said.
2 Kings 6:11
And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?
Job 18:7
The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
Job 18:8
His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
Job 18:9
His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
Job 18:10
The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.
Job 18:11
He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.
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2 Samuel 8:17
And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
1 Kings 4:3
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
1 Chronicles 24:5
So they were put into groups, by the Lord's decision, one with another; for there were rulers of the holy place and rulers of the house of God among the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:6
And Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was a Levite, put down their names in writing, the king being present with the rulers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites; one family being taken for Eleazar and then one for Ithamar, and so on.
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1 Chronicles 23:6
And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 Chronicles 8:14
And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.
Ezra 8:24
So I put on one side twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
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2 Chronicles 23:8
So the Levites and all Judah did as Jehoiada the priest had given them orders: every one took with him his men, those who were to come in and those who were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada had not sent away the divisions.
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2 Chronicles 26:11
In addition, Uzziah had an army of fighting-men who went out to war in bands, as they had been listed by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
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Psalms 48:4
For see! the kings came together by agreement, they were joined together.
Psalms 48:5
They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear.
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Proverbs 2:6
For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
Proverbs 2:7
He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
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Isaiah 47:12
Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers.
Daniel 5:7
The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
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Isaiah 47:13
But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.
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Isaiah 57:20
But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
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Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, says my God, for the evil-doers.
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Isaiah 35:4
Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.
Isaiah 40:9
You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!
Isaiah 40:10
See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.
Isaiah 41:14
Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 62:11
The Lord has sent out word to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your saviour comes; those whom he has made free are with him, and those to whom he has given salvation go before him.
Micah 4:8
And you, O tower of the flock, Ophel of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, even the earlier authority, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
Zephaniah 3:16
In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Have no fear: O Zion, let not your hands be feeble.
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
Zechariah 2:10
Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says the Lord.
Zechariah 2:11
And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.
John 12:15
Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.
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Micah 5:7
And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.
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Zechariah 2:9
For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.
Romans 10:13
Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.
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Zechariah 7:2
Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech to make a request for grace from the Lord,
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Deuteronomy 17:15
Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.
2 Samuel 3:18
For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.
Job 15:25
Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,
Psalms 45:7
You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.
Psalms 89:20
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
Zechariah 9:9
Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
Matthew 1:1
The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matthew 21:5
Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.
Luke 20:14
But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours.
Acts 5:31
Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.
Romans 8:17
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
Hebrews 1:2
But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;
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Matthew 3:1
And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,
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Matthew 4:20
And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.
Matthew 5:10
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
Matthew 6:33
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
John 7:32
This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.
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Matthew 8:18
Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.
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Matthew 8:19
And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.
Matthew 9:18
While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.
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Matthew 13:36
Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.
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Matthew 15:15
Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
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Matthew 22:23
On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,
Luke 5:17
And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.
Acts 5:34
But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.
Acts 23:6
But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.
Acts 23:7
And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.
Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.
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Mark 11:9
And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord:
Mark 11:10
A blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest.
Mark 11:11
And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
Mark 15:12
And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?
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Matthew 16:21
From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.
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 26:3
Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
Luke 22:66
And when it was day, the rulers of the people came together, with the chief priests and the scribes, and they took him before their Sanhedrin, saying,
Luke 23:2
And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
John 11:49
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You have no knowledge of anything;
John 11:50
You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.
John 18:37
Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.
Acts 4:7
Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?
Acts 4:17
But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.
Acts 4:25
Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:
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2 Chronicles 34:15
Then Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.
Ezra 7:11
Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who put into writing the words of the orders of the Lord, and of his rules for Israel:
Ezra 7:12
Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace;
Matthew 7:29
for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.
Luke 11:44
A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.
Luke 23:10
And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently.
John 1:46
Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
John 8:3
Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation;
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John 3:10
And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?
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John 8:44
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
1 Peter 5:8
Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
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Psalms 62:4
Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)
Matthew 21:15
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,
Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.
Matthew 22:34
But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;
Matthew 26:57
And those who had made Jesus prisoner took him away to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and those in authority over the people had come together.
Mark 15:1
And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.
Mark 15:2
And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.
Acts 4:16
Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.
Acts 4:23
And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.
Acts 5:33
But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.
Acts 7:1
Then the high priest said, Are these things true?
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Acts 8:34
And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other?
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Acts 9:32
And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
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Psalms 12:2
Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
Psalms 12:3
The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
Psalms 36:2
For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.
Psalms 36:3
In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.
Psalms 36:4
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
Psalms 41:6
If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.
Psalms 41:7
All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.
Psalms 140:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:
Psalms 140:2
For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.
Psalms 140:3
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
Proverbs 12:5
The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.
2 Corinthians 4:2
And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
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Revelation 12:4
And his tail was pulling a third part of the stars of heaven down to the earth, and the dragon took his place before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the birth had taken place he might put an end to her child.
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