For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about; when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

and He has delivered my soul from the midst of [the lion's] whelps; I lay down to sleep, [though] troubled. [As for] the sons of men, their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

You have sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity;

to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the Sanhedrin were seeking false witnesses against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death,

and they did not find [any]. And though many false witnesses came forward, they did not find [any]. But at last two false witnesses came forward

Then they said, Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words.

And in it was written, It has been reported among the Gentiles that you and the Jews are planning to revolt. Therefore you are building the wall, and you will be a king to them.

And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, [even] as you say, for you frame them falsely out of your own heart.

And I came into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the Son of Mehetabel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to slay you.

And I observed, and behold, God had not sent him, for the prophecy was a fable [devised] against me:

Righteous lips cover enmity, but they that utter railings are most foolish.

and they that cause men to sin by a word; and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offense, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.

[There are] robbers in you, to shed blood in you; and in you they have eaten upon the mountains; they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of you.

And having watched [Him] closely, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

Then they secretly instigated men to be saying, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."

And they put forward false witnesses saying, "This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against the holy place and the law;

And looking intently at him, all those who sat in the council saw his face like [the] face of an angel.

Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain attorney named Tertullus, who made known to the governor the charges against Paul.

both in everything and everywhere we accept [it], most excellent Felix, with all thanksgiving.

For [we] have found this man [to] be a plague, and [one] causing discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the Nazarenes sect,

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And the Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.

They that saw me abhorred me: the very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.

For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up [his] heel against me.

But you, O like-minded man, my guide, and my acquaintance,

who in companionship with me sweetened [our] food; we walked in the house of God in concord.

And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be dreadfully hostile, and to cross-examine Him about many things,

lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, so that they might accuse Him.

For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

Father will be divided against a son and a son against father, a mother against a daughter and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

And Jezebel sent to Elijah, and said, If you are Elijah and I am Jezebel, God do so to me and more also, if I do not make your life by this time tomorrow as the life of one of them!

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he said, I have found [you]; because you have wickedly sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger;

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is one man here [for us] to inquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Micaiah son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat king of Judah said, Let not the king say such things!

and tell Joash the king's son to put this [fellow] in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I return in peace.

Therefore Herodias held a grudge against him and was desiring to kill him, but she was not able;

And when an opportune day arrived, when Herod for his birthday festivities was putting on a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

He also swore to her, "Whatever you may ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."

Immediately she came in with haste to the king and she requested, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

And immediately the king, having sent an executioner, commanded his head to be brought. And having departed, he beheaded him in the prison,

But when they heard this, they were infuriated and were resolving to kill them.

Now hearing these things they were infuriated in their hearts, and were gnashing their teeth against him.

Now when it was day, some of the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by a curse, saying neither would they eat nor drink until they would kill Paul.

who came to the chief priests and to the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves by oath with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.