Est 3:8, 5:14, 9:25, Psa 7:14-16, 140:1-8, Pro 6:12-19, 12:2, Isa 32:7 | ESV | STEP | Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus , There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom . Their laws are different from those of every other people , and they do not keep the king’s laws , so that it is not to the king’s profit to tolerate them.

8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. ^aTheir laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws, so that it is not to the king’s profit to tolerate them.

Esther 5:14

14 Then ^bhis wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, ^c“Let a gallows ^{▼▼Or stake; twice in this verse} fifty cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

Esther 9:25

25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing ^fthat his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews ^gshould return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. ^{▼▼Or suspended on a stake}

Psalms 7:14-16

14 Behold, the wicked man ⁱconceives evil
and is ^jpregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
15 He makes ^ka pit, digging it out,
and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 His ^lmischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.

Psalms 140:1-8

Deliver Me, O Lord, from Evil Men

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 ^mDeliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
preserve me from ⁿviolent men,
2 who plan evil things in their heart
and ^ostir up wars continually.
3 They make ^ptheir tongue sharp as ^qa serpent’s,
and ^runder their lips is the ^svenom of asps. Selah
4 Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from ^tviolent men,
who have planned to trip up my feet.
5 The arrogant have ^uhidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread ^va net; ^{▼▼Or they have spread cords as a net}
beside the way they have set ^xsnares for me. Selah
6 ^yI say to the Lord, You are my God;
give ear to ^zthe voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord!
7 O Lord, my Lord, ^aathe strength of my salvation,
you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 ^abGrant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
do not further their ^{▼▼Hebrew his} evil plot, or ^adthey will be exalted! Selah

Proverbs 6:12-19

12 ^aeA worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with ^afcrooked speech,
13 ^agwinks with his eyes, signals ^{▼▼Hebrew scrapes} with his feet,
points with his finger,
14 with ^aiperverted heart ^ajdevises evil,
continually ^aksowing discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
^alin a moment he will be broken ^ambeyond healing.
16 There are ^ansix things that the Lord hates,
^aoseven that are an abomination to him:
17 ^aphaughty eyes, ^aqa lying tongue,
and ^arhands that shed innocent blood,
18 ^asa heart that devises wicked plans,
^atfeet that make haste to run to evil,
19 ^aua false witness who ^avbreathes out lies,
and one who ^awsows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 12:2

2 A good man ^axobtains favor from the Lord,
but a man of evil devices he condemns.

Isaiah 32:7

7 As for the scoundrel— ^ayhis devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.