Psalms 35:20

David's enemies do not seek peace but devise deceitful words against the peaceful in the land.

Cross-references · 15

• Matt 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
• Jer 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
• 1 Pet 2:22–23“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
• Ps 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
• Ps 120:5–7Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
• Acts 23:15Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
• Matt 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
• Dan 6:5Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
• Ps 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• Ps 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
• Ps 140:2–5who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
• Matt 12:19He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.
• Ps 64:4–6ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
• Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
• Ps 36:3–4The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

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