And he spoke to King Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from [those of] all the [other] nations; and they disobey the laws of the king. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them alone.

And Zeresh his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for you of fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and let Mordecai be hanged on the gallows. But go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Haman, and the gallows was prepared.

also how he went in to the king, telling [him] to hang Mordecai. But all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, and his children.

Behold, [the wicked] has travailed with unrighteousness; he has conceived trouble, and has brought forth iniquity.

His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

For the end, A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; deliver me from the unjust man.

They have sharpened their tongue as [the tongue] of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes [for] snares for my feet; they set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause.

O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; You have covered my head in the day of battle.

A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good.

[His] perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, [are hateful to God].

He that has found favor with the Lord is [made] better, but a transgressor shall be passed over in silence.

For the counsel of the wicked will devise iniquity, to destroy the poor with unjust words, and ruin the cause of the poor in judgment.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with sins; your lips also have spoken iniquity, and your tongue meditates unrighteousness.

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 the Lord said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise vanities, and take evil counsel in this city;

Out of you shall proceed a device against the Lord, counseling evil things hostile [to Him].

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they were afraid--for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them.

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.

And he went off and spoke with the chief priests and captains [about] how he might betray Him to them.

And he promised, and was seeking an opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the crowd.

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.

slanderers, hateful to God, insolent men, proud, braggarts, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.

For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.

Wherefore their hearts are inflamed as an oven, while they rage all the night. Ephraim is satisfied with sleep; the morning has come; he is burnt up as a flame of fire.

They are all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges. All their kings are fallen; there was not one among them that called on Me.

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus, so as to put Him to death.

And having bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation, along with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin; and having bound Jesus, they led [Him] away, and delivered [Him] to Pilate.

Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you are going to determine more accurately the things concerning him; but we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him."

And now my hand has the power to hurt you; but the God of your father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to yourself that you speak no evil words to Jacob.

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another nation, and your eyes, wasting away, shall look for them; your hand shall have no strength.

Do not refrain from doing good to the poor, whenever your hand may have power to help [them].

Jesus answered, "You would have no authority at all against Me unless it had been given to you from above. Therefore the one who betrayed Me to you has a greater sin."