Psa 37:32-33, 64:2-6, 140:1-5, Jer 18:18, Joh 16:3, Act 23:12-15, 26:9-11 | ESV | STEP | The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death .

32 The wicked ^awatches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not ^babandon him to his power
or let him ^cbe condemned when he is brought to trial.

Psalms 64:2-6

2 Hide me from ^dthe secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,
3 who ^ewhet their tongues like swords,
who ^faim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from ^gambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and ^hwithout fear.
5 They ⁱhold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of ^jlaying snares secretly,
thinking, ^k“Who can see them?”
6 They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For ^lthe inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

Psalms 140:1-5

Deliver Me, O Lord, from Evil Men

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 ^mDeliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
preserve me from ⁿviolent men,
2 who plan evil things in their heart
and ^ostir up wars continually.
3 They make ^ptheir tongue sharp as ^qa serpent’s,
and ^runder their lips is the ^svenom of asps. Selah
4 Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from ^tviolent men,
who have planned to trip up my feet.
5 The arrogant have ^uhidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread ^va net; ^{▼▼Or they have spread cords as a net}
beside the way they have set ^xsnares for me. Selah

Jeremiah 18:18

18 Then they said, ^y“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, ^zfor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. ^aaCome, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

John 16:3

3 And they will do these things ^abbecause they have not known the Father, nor me.

Acts 23:12-15

A Plot to Kill Paul

12 When it was day, ^acthe Jews made a plot and ^adbound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. 14 They 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. 15 Now 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 26:9-11

9 ^ae“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of ^afJesus of Nazareth. 10 ^agAnd I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority ^ahfrom the chief priests, but ^aiwhen they were put to death I cast my vote against them. 11 And ^ajI punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them ^akblaspheme, and ^alin raging fury against them I ^ampersecuted them even to foreign cities.