The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.

And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars.

And David knew that Saul spoke openly of mischief against him. So David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod of the Lord.

And Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When you hear the sound of the trumpet, then shall you say, Absalom has become king in Hebron.

And Absalom sent to Ahithophel the Gilonite, the counselor of David, from his city, from Giloh, where he was sacrificing. And there was a strong conspiracy; and the people with Absalom were increasingly numerous.

and took counsel to utterly destroy all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.

and plotted to take Jesus by guile and kill Him.

And from then [on] he sought an opportunity to betray Him.

And a sin offering was given for the sacrifice, and righteousness was cast down to the ground; and he did all this, and prospered.

and his power [shall be] great, and he shall destroy fearfully, and shall prosper and thrive, and shall destroy [the] mighty men, and the holy people.

They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.

They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.