Psa 64:3-6, 140:1-5, Isa 29:15, Jer 11:18-19, 18:18, Luk 22:2-5 | ESV | STEP | who whet their tongues like swords , who aim bitter words like arrows ,

3 who ^awhet their tongues like swords,
who ^baim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from ^cambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and ^dwithout fear.
5 They ^ehold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of ^flaying snares secretly,
thinking, ^g“Who can see them?”
6 They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For ^hthe 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 ⁱDeliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
preserve me from ^jviolent men,
2 who plan evil things in their heart
and ^kstir up wars continually.
3 They make ^ltheir tongue sharp as ^ma serpent’s,
and ⁿunder their lips is the ^ovenom of asps. Selah
4 Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from ^pviolent men,
who have planned to trip up my feet.
5 The arrogant have ^qhidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread ^ra net; ^{▼▼Or they have spread cords as a net}
beside the way they have set ^tsnares for me. Selah

Isaiah 29:15

15 Ah, ^uyou who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
whose deeds are ^vin the dark,
and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

Jeremiah 11:18-19

18 The Lord made it known to me and I knew;
then you showed me their deeds.
19 But I was ^wlike a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
I did not know ^xit was against me
they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
^ylet us cut him off from ^zthe land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more.”

Jeremiah 18:18

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

Luke 22:2-5

2 And the chief priests and the scribes ^adwere seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.

Judas to Betray Jesus

3 ^aeThen ^afSatan entered into ^agJudas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve. 4 He went away and conferred with the chief priests and ^ahofficers how he might betray him to them. 5 And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.