Pro 16:27, Mic 7:3, Mat 14:7-8, 27:23-26 | ESV | STEP | A worthless man plots evil , and his speech is like a scorching fire .

Proverbs 16:27

27 ^aA worthless man plots evil,
and his speech ^{▼▼Hebrew what is on his lips} is like ^ca scorching fire.

Micah 7:3

3 ^dTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^ethe prince and ^fthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.

Matthew 14:7-8

7 so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. 8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”

Matthew 27:23-26

23 And he said, “Why? ^gWhat evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

24 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that ^ha riot was beginning, he took water and ⁱwashed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of ^jthis man’s blood; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts this righteous blood, or this righteous man’s blood} ^lsee to it yourselves.” 25 And all the people answered, ^m“His blood be on us and ⁿon our children!” 26 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having ^oscourged ^{▼▼A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing imbedded pieces of bone and metal} Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.