Matthew 26:4

and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth take their stand;
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

Matthew 12:14

But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, discussing how they could destroy Him.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you spawn of vipers, how can you escape the penalty of hell?

Acts 7:19

He shrewdly exploited our race and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their [male] babies so that they would die.

Acts 13:10

and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 26:4

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

Consulted

Psalm 2:2

General references

Bible References

Consulted

The kings of the earth take their stand;
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

General references

The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.

For their minds plot violence,
And their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent].

Then the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the people of Jerusalem.

Then Herod secretly sent for the magi and learned from them the [exact] time the star [had first] appeared.

And when the chief priests had gathered with the elders and had consulted together [to develop a plan of deception], they gave a sufficient sum of money [as a bribe] to the soldiers,

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people [who listened devotedly to His teaching, and who respected His spiritual wisdom].