Ezra 8:31
31Then we departed from the river Ahava aon the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. bThe hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.Proverbs 1:11
11If they say, “Come with us, clet us lie in wait for blood;dlet us ambush the innocent without reason;
Jeremiah 5:26
26For wicked men are found among my people;ethey lurk like fowlers lying in wait. ▼
▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
gThey set a trap;
they catch men.
Acts 9:23-24
Saul Escapes from Damascus
23 hWhen many days had passed, the Jews ▼▼The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
plotted to kill him, 24but their jplot became known to Saul. kThey were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, Acts 20:19
19 lserving the Lord mwith all humility and with ntears and with trials that happened to me through othe plots of the Jews;Acts 23:12-15
A Plot to Kill Paul
12When it was day, pthe Jews made a plot and qbound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. 14They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul. 15Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”Acts 25:3
3asking as a favor against Paul ▼▼Greek him
that he summon him to Jerusalem—because sthey were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. 2 Corinthians 7:5
5For even twhen we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn— ufighting without and fear within.
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