20 For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful matters
Against the quiet ones in the land.

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22 “Who(A) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

23 (B)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but (C)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

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asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—(A)while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.

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15 Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you [a]tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 23:15 NU omits tomorrow

and (A)plotted to take Jesus by [a]trickery and kill Him.

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  1. Matthew 26:4 deception

24 (A)Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by [a]Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

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  1. Matthew 12:24 NU, M Beelzebul, a Philistine deity

19 He will not quarrel nor cry out,
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.

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Then these men said, “We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”

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19 But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, (A)and let us cut him off from (B)the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

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Who plan evil things in their hearts;
(A)They continually gather together for war.
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The (B)poison of asps is under their lips. Selah

(C)Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men,
Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.
The proud have hidden a (D)snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah

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Woe is me, that I dwell in (A)Meshech,
(B)That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
My soul has dwelt too long
With one who hates peace.
I am for peace;
But when I speak, they are for war.

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That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
(A)They say, “Who will see them?”
They devise iniquities:
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.

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Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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12 Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.

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The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
(A)He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
(B)He devises wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself (C)in a way that is not good;
He does not [a]abhor (D)evil.

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  1. Psalm 36:4 reject, loathe

13 (A)For I hear the slander of many;
(B)Fear is on every side;
While they (C)take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.

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