For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocen
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to
Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of
Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about
So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in or
Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because y
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorro
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues ar
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he
When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had ki
From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return
Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the go
On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,