13 Bible Verses about Inciting To Evil

An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

Instructed by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter."

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.

They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!"