Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from all other people's, and they do not keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them remain.

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet. And these words were good to Haman; so he had the gallows made.

but when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that this evil plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Behold, he writhes in iniquity, and has conceived trouble, and has brought forth falsehood.

His trouble shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own crown.

i1 [To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par Rescue me, O Jehovah, from evil men; guard me against violent men,

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; the poison of vipers is under their lips. Selah

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have laid the bait for me. Selah

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

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil all the time, he spreads strife.

These six things Jehovah hates; yea, seven are an abomination to his soul:

a heart that devises evil plans, feet hurrying to run to evil,

The good man obtains favor from Jehovah, but He will condemn a man of wicked devices.

Also the implements of the scoundrel are evil; he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks justice.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has uttered perverseness.

Then they said, Come and let us devise schemes against Jeremiah. For the Law shall not perish from the priest, nor wisdom from the wise, nor the Word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.

And He said to me: Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and give evil advice in this city,

One who devises evil against Jehovah has come forth from you, one counseling worthlessness.

And the chief priests and the scribes that same hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people; for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

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

So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and commanders, how he might deliver Him to them.

So he promised and sought opportunity to deliver Him to them away from the multitude.

And when it was day, some of the Jews made a pact and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

defamers, haters of God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

He devises wickedness on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not despise evil.

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause someone to fall.

For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen; not one among them calls unto Me.

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

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

And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.

Now you, therefore, together with the council, communicate to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to make more specific inquiries concerning him; and we are ready to kill him before he comes near.

It is in the power of my hand to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you not speak to Jacob from good to evil.

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be no might in your hand.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

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