Exo 1:10, 1Sa 18:21, Psa 10:9-10, 55:21, 64:4-6, 83:3-4, Mat 26:3-5 | ESV | STEP | Come , let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply , and, if war breaks out , they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land .

Exodus 1:10

10 ^aCome, ^blet us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”

1 Samuel 18:21

21 Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may ^cbe a snare for him ^dand that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, ^{▼▼Hebrew by two} ^f“You shall now be my son-in-law.”

Psalms 10:9-10

9 he lurks in ambush like ^ga lion in his ^hthicket;
he ⁱlurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his ^jnet.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.

Psalms 55:21

21 His ^kspeech was ^lsmooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were ^mdrawn swords.

Psalms 64:4-6

4 shooting from ⁿambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and ^owithout fear.
5 They ^phold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of ^qlaying snares secretly,
thinking, ^r“Who can see them?”
6 They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For ^sthe inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

Psalms 83:3-4

3 They lay ^tcrafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your ^utreasured ones.
4 They say, “Come, ^vlet us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”

Matthew 26:3-5

3 ^wThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in ^xthe palace of the high priest, whose name was ^yCaiaphas, 4 ^zand plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, “Not during the feast, ^aalest there be an uproar among the people.”