¹⁸ And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

¹² And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

¹ Now after two days was `the feast of' the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:

³² The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

¹² The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

⁵³ So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.

¹³ For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

¹ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

¹⁴ But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

¹⁵ And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

⁷ But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

¹ Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

³⁸ But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

⁴ For my love they are my adversaries: But I `give myself unto' prayer.

²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.

²¹ They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.