Acts 6:12
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,
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Acts 6:12
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,
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Exodus 5:4
The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!”
Jeremiah 26:8
When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die!
Jeremiah 26:9
Why have you prophesied in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate, without inhabitant?’ ” All the people were crowded around Jeremiah in Yahweh’s house.
Jeremiah 26:11
Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”
Jeremiah 32:3
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says, “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;
Amos 7:13
but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
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Exodus 18:21
Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 18:22
Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
Exodus 21:8
If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
Deuteronomy 29:10
All of you stand today in the presence of Yahweh your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
Deuteronomy 31:28
Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Ruth 4:2
Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.
1 Kings 21:8
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
Lamentations 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.
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Exodus 23:1
“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
Exodus 23:7
“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
Leviticus 19:16
“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
Psalms 52:2
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Psalms 64:4
to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
Psalms 64:6
They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.
Isaiah 59:4
No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah 9:3
“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 9:4
“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.
Revelation 12:10
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
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1 Samuel 22:9
Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
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1 Samuel 22:10
He inquired of Yahweh for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
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2 Samuel 16:7
Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
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2 Samuel 16:8
Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!”
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2 Chronicles 34:13
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and directed all who did the work in every kind of service. Of the Levites, there were scribes, officials, and gatekeepers.
2 Chronicles 34:15
Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in Yahweh’s house.” So Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
Ezra 7:6
this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him.
Ezra 7:11
Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of Yahweh’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
Ezra 7:12
Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
Jeremiah 8:8
“ ‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us?” But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
Matthew 7:29
for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
Matthew 13:52
He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
Mark 8:31
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Luke 9:22
saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”
John 8:3
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
Hebrews 5:12
For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
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Psalms 50:19
“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
Psalms 64:2
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
Psalms 140:2
those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
Isaiah 32:7
The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
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Proverbs 6:16
There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
Proverbs 6:17
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:18
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 19:28
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
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Ezekiel 24:18
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was commanded.
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Jeremiah 26:24
But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they didn’t give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Matthew 24:2
But he answered them, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”
Matthew 26:61
and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’ ”
Mark 14:55
Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
Mark 14:56
For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn’t agree with each other.
Mark 14:58
“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’ ”
Mark 14:64
You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They all condemned him to be worthy of death.
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Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
Matthew 26:4
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him.
Matthew 26:57
Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
Matthew 27:1
Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
Matthew 27:2
They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
Matthew 27:4
saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
Matthew 27:41
Likewise the chief priests also mocking with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,
Mark 15:1
Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
Luke 22:52
Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
Luke 22:54
They seized him and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.
John 18:12
So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,
Acts 4:6
Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
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1 Kings 11:1
Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites,
1 Kings 11:2
of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon joined to these in love.
1 Kings 11:3
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away.
1 Kings 11:4
When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father was.
1 Kings 16:31
As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
1 Kings 18:4
for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
1 Kings 21:7
Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
Mark 6:17
For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.
Mark 6:18
For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
Mark 6:19
Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
Mark 6:20
for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
Mark 6:21
Then a convenient day came when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
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Mark 6:22
When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”
Mark 6:23
He swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
Mark 6:24
She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”
Mark 6:25
She came in immediately with haste to the king and requested, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”
Mark 6:26
The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.
Mark 6:27
Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard and commanded to bring John’s head; and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
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Proverbs 28:25
One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear Yahweh’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
Luke 5:21
The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
Luke 12:51
Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
Luke 20:2
They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
Luke 20:19
The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
Luke 23:10
The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
Luke 24:20
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
Acts 5:34
But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while.
Acts 23:1
Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”
Acts 23:9
A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”
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John 5:45
“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
John 5:46
For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
John 5:47
But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
John 7:19
Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
John 9:28
They insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
Romans 2:17
Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,
Galatians 4:28
Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
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Luke 3:21
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized and was praying. The sky was opened,
John 10:34
Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’
John 10:35
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),
John 10:36
do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’
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John 18:3
Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
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Acts 4:23
Being let go, they came to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
Acts 4:33
With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.
Acts 5:12
By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
Acts 6:8
Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
Hebrews 2:4
God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
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Matthew 10:16
“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:17
But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
Matthew 10:18
Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
Luke 21:12
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
Acts 5:26
Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
Acts 6:9
But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.
Acts 7:59
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Acts 9:2
and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 12:2
He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
Acts 12:3
When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
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Acts 7:55
But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Acts 8:3
But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.
Acts 12:1
Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
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Acts 14:5
When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
Acts 16:22
The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.
Acts 16:23
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.
Acts 16:24
Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
Acts 18:13
saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
Acts 21:30
All the city was moved and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
Acts 21:31
As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Acts 23:27
“This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.
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Acts 24:2
When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that prosperity is coming to this nation by your foresight,
Acts 24:3
we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
Acts 24:10
When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,
Acts 24:11
seeing that you can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
Acts 24:12
In the temple they didn’t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city.
Acts 24:13
Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.
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Acts 27:12
Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking southwest and northwest.
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Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
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