Jeremiah 18:18
Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him
18:18 Then some people said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
Jeremiah 20:10
20:10 I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me.
Those who would cause me terror are everywhere!
They are saying, “Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!”
All my so-called friends are just watching for
something that would lead to my downfall.
They say, “Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up,
so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.
Daniel 6:4-5
6:4 Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find
some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters.
But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence,
because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption.
6:5 So these men concluded,
“We won’t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is
in connection with the law of his God.”
Matthew 22:15
Paying Taxes to Caesar
22:15 Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.
Matthew 26:59
26:59 The
chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
Acts 6:13
6:13 They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place
and the law.
Acts 6:2
6:2 So the twelve
called
the whole group
of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.
Colossians 1:12
1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share
in the saints’
inheritance in the light.
Colossians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Colossians 1:14
1:14 in whom we have redemption,
the forgiveness of sins.
Titus 2:8
2:8 and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss,
because he has nothing evil to say about us.