Isa 29:21, Jer 20:7-10, Joh 7:7, 15:19, 22-24, Rev 11:10 | ESV | STEP | who by a word make a man out to be an offender , and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate , and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right .

Isaiah 29:21

21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
and ^alay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
and with an empty plea ^bturn aside him who is in the right.

Jeremiah 20:7-10

7 O Lord, ^cyou have deceived me,
and I was deceived;
^dyou are stronger than I,
and you have prevailed.
^eI have become a laughingstock all the day;
everyone mocks me.
8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I shout, ^f“Violence and destruction!”
For ^gthe word of the Lord has become for me
^ha reproach and ⁱderision all day long.
9 If I say, “I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,”
^jthere is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and ^kI am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
10 ^lFor I hear many whispering.
^mTerror is on every side!
“Denounce him! ⁿLet us denounce him!”
say all my ^oclose friends,
^pwatching for ^qmy fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then ^rwe can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”

John 7:7

7 The world cannot hate you, but ^sit hates me because I testify about it that ^tits works are evil.

John 15:19

19 ^uIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^vyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 15:22-24

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, ^wthey would not have been guilty of sin, ^{▼▼Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24} but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 ^yWhoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 ^zIf I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^aathey would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^abseen and hated both me and my Father.

Revelation of John 11:10

10 and ^acthose who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and ^adexchange presents, because these two prophets ^aehad been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.