¹⁸ They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

¹² When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

¹ It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might sieze him by deception, and kill him.

³² The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.

¹² The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.

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

¹³ For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, While they conspire together against me, They plot to take away my life.

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

¹⁴ "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

¹⁵ They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

⁷ But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

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

³⁸ But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'

⁴ In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer.

²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, To conspire against his servants.

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