Psa 38:12, 56:5-6, 140:5, Isa 29:21, Jer 18:18, Mat 22:15-16, Luk 11:54 | ESV | STEP | Those who seek my life lay their snares ; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

Psalms 38:12

12 Those who seek my life ^alay their snares;
those who seek my hurt ^bspeak of ruin
and meditate ^ctreachery all day long.

Psalms 56:5-6

5 All day long they injure my cause; ^{▼▼Or they twist my words}
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They ^estir up strife, they ^flurk;
they ^gwatch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.

Psalms 140:5

5 The arrogant have ^hhidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread ⁱa net; ^{▼▼Or they have spread cords as a net}
beside the way they have set ^ksnares for me. Selah

Isaiah 29:21

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

Jeremiah 18:18

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

Matthew 22:15-16

Paying Taxes to Caesar

15 ^qThen the Pharisees went and plotted how ^rto entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent ^stheir disciples to him, along with ^tthe Herodians, saying, “Teacher, ^uwe know that you are true and teach ^vthe way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for ^wyou are not swayed by appearances. ^{▼▼Greek for you do not look at people’s faces}

Luke 11:54

54 ^ylying in wait for him, ^zto catch him in something he might say.