26 Bible Verses about Plotting

Plotting is the lawless one, against the just, and gnashing upon him with his teeth.

For I have heard the whispering of many - A terror round about! When they have sat in conclave together against me, to take away my life, have they intrigued.

Let them be ashamed and confounded, who are seeking my life, - Let them turn back and be put to the blush, who are devising my hurt:

For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.

Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds, - in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand.

Closing his eyes, to devise perverse things, biting his lips, he hath plotted mischief.

And the Pharisees, going forth, took, counsel, against him, to the end that, him, they might destroy.

If, unto the king, it seem good, let it be written, to destroy them, - and, ten thousand talents of silver, will I weigh out upon the hands of them who are doing the business, to bring it into the treasuries of the king.

Iniquity, deviseth he upon his bed, - he taketh his stand in a way, not good, Wrong, doth he not abhor!

Hath perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.

Yea, a knave, his weapons are wicked, - He, base schemes, hath devised To ruin the oppressed with speeches of falsehood Even when the needy pleadeth, for justice.

and they took counsel together, in order that, Jesus, by guile, they might secure, and slay.

Now, when morning came, all the High-priests and Elders of the people took, counsel, against Jesus, so as to put him to death:

But, they, were filled with folly, and began conversing one with another, as to, what they might do with Jesus.

And he was teaching day by day in the temple; but, the High-priests and the Scribes, also the chiefs of the people, were seeking to destroy him, -

and, departing, he conversed with the High-priests and Captains, as to how, unto them, he might deliver him up.

And, on this account, were the Jews persecuting Jesus, because, these things, he had been doing, on Sabbath.

The High-priests and Pharisees, therefore, brought together a high-council, and were saying - What are we to do, in that, this man, doeth, many signs?

From that day, therefore, they took counsel, that they might put him to death.

And they saw him afar off, - and, ere yet he drew near unto them, they conspired against him, to put him to death.

and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them Too much for you, when, all the assembly, are, all of them, holy, and in the midst of them, is Yahweh, - Wherefore, then, should ye set yourselves up, above the convocation of Yahweh?

Then went Abimelech son of Jerubbaal, to Shechem, unto the brethren of his mother, - and spake unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying;

And his servants arose and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash, in the house of Millo which teeth down to Silla.

And, when they made against him a conspiracy in Jerusalem, he fled to Lachish, - but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him, there.

Then, the ministers and the satraps, began seeking to find, occasion, against Daniel, in respect of the kingdom, - but, no occasion nor wickedness, could they find, inasmuch as, faithful, was he, and, neither error nor wickedness, could be found against him.

And, when it became day, the Jews, forming a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had slain Paul.