The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him.

For the terrible one is brought to nothing, The scornful one is consumed, And all who watch for iniquity are cut off --

Who make a man an offender by a word, And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, And turn aside the just by empty words.

For I heard many mocking: "Fear on every side!" "Report," [they say,] "and we will report it!" All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, [saying,] "Perhaps he can be induced; Then we will prevail against him, And we will take our revenge on him."

So the governors and satraps sought to find [some] charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he [was] faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him.

So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him.

And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail [Him] vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things,

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

Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely.

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

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.