Psa 2:1, 62:3, Jer 17:9, Nah 1:9, Act 4:25, Rom 1:21, 2Cor 10:5 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

hCited from Ps. 2:1, 2

i 2 Kgs. 17:15; Jer. 2:5; Eph. 4:17, 18

j[Isa. 2:11, 12]

k ch. 9:13; [Rom. 5:19]

Psalms 2:1

The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed

1 ^aWhy do ^bthe nations rage ^{▼▼Or nations noisily assemble}
and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalms 62:3

3 How long will all of you attack a man
to batter him,
like ^da leaning wall, a tottering fence?

Jeremiah 17:9

9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?

Nahum 1:9

9 What ^edo you plot against the Lord?
^fHe will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.

Acts 4:25

25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, ^{▼▼Or child; also verses 27, 30} said by the Holy Spirit,

^h“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?

Romans 1:21

21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ⁱbecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

2 Corinthians 10:5

5 We destroy arguments and ^jevery lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to ^kobey Christ,