Verse 1

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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  • Ps 21:11 : 11 You will destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among mankind.
  • Ps 46:6 : 6 God is within her, she will not be moved; God will help her at the break of dawn.
  • Ps 83:4-8 : 4 They devise cunning plans against your people and conspire together against your treasured ones. 5 They say, 'Come, let us destroy them as a nation, so that the name of Israel may no longer be remembered.' 6 For they have consulted together with one mind; they have made a covenant against you. 7 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, 8 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
  • Rev 17:14 : 14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.
  • John 11:49-50 : 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, 'You know nothing at all!' 50 'You do not realize that it is better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.'
  • Acts 5:33 : 33 When they heard this, they were infuriated and wanted to kill them.
  • Acts 16:22 : 22 The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.
  • Acts 17:5-6 : 5 But the Jews, becoming jealous, gathered some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and caused an uproar in the city. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the assembly. 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city rulers, shouting, 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here too.'
  • Acts 19:28-32 : 28 When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" 29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions. 30 Paul wanted to go in before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him. 31 Even some of the officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent word to him, urging him not to venture into the theater. 32 Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in disarray, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
  • Acts 4:25-26 : 25 'You spoke through the mouth of your servant David, saying: Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?' 26 'The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.'
  • Ps 18:42 : 42 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—to the LORD, but He does not answer.
  • Isa 8:9 : 9 Be shattered, you nations, and be terrified! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle and be terrified; prepare for battle and be shattered.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!'
  • Luke 18:32 : 32 'He will be handed over to the Gentiles, mocked, abused, and spit upon.'
  • Luke 22:1-2 : 1 The Festival of Unleavened Bread, also called Passover, was drawing near. 2 The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to kill him because they were afraid of the people.
  • Luke 22:22-23 : 22 For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined. But woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began to discuss among themselves who it might be that would do this.