Psa 38:12, 56:5-7, 64:4-5, 140:5, Jer 20:10, Mat 22:15 | 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 56:5-7

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.
7 For their crime will they escape?
^hIn wrath ⁱcast down the peoples, O God!

Psalms 64:4-5

4 shooting from ^jambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and ^kwithout fear.
5 They ^lhold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of ^mlaying snares secretly,
thinking, ⁿ“Who can see them?”

Psalms 140:5

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

Jeremiah 20:10

10 ^sFor I hear many whispering.
^tTerror is on every side!
“Denounce him! ^uLet us denounce him!”
say all my ^vclose friends,
^wwatching for ^xmy fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then ^ywe can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”

Matthew 22:15

Paying Taxes to Caesar

15 ^zThen the Pharisees went and plotted how ^aato entangle him in his words.