26 Bible Verses about Plotting

The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

But the Pharisees went out and made designs against him, how they might put him to death.

If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house.

He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.

Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.

But they were full of wrath, and were talking together about what they might do to Jesus.

And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;

And he went away and had a discussion with the chief priests and the rulers, about how he might give him up to them.

And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death.

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?

Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to all the family of his mother's father,

And his servants made a secret design and put Joash to death at the house of Millo on the way down to Silla.

Now they made a secret design against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.

Then the chief rulers and the captains were looking for some cause for putting Daniel in the wrong in connection with the kingdom, but they were unable to put forward any wrongdoing or error against him; because he was true, and no error or wrong was to be seen in him.

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.