Acts 23:12

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When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

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  • Acts 23:21 : 21 But do not be persuaded by them, because more than forty of them are lying in wait for him. They have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready and waiting for your consent.
  • Acts 23:30 : 30 When I was informed of a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately and also instructed his accusers to state their case against him before you. Farewell.
  • Acts 23:14 : 14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, 'We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.'
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 They asked him as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
  • 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let them be accursed. Our Lord, come!
  • Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.'
  • Lev 27:29 : 29 No person who has been devoted to destruction for the LORD may be redeemed; they must be put to death.
  • Josh 6:26 : 26 At that time, Joshua pronounced this oath: 'Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up to rebuild this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn, he will lay its foundation; and at the cost of his youngest, he will set up its gates.'
  • Josh 7:1 : 1 But the Israelites acted unfaithfully with the things designated for destruction. Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things, and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.
  • Josh 7:15 : 15 The one caught with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has violated the Lord’s covenant and has done an outrageous thing in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 14:24 : 24 Now the Israelites were hard-pressed that day, because Saul had bound the people under an oath, saying, 'Cursed be anyone who eats food before evening comes, before I have avenged myself on my enemies!' So none of the troops tasted food.
  • 1 Sam 14:27-28 : 27 Jonathan, however, had not heard his father make the people swear the oath. So he reached out the tip of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and raised it to his mouth. His eyes then brightened. 28 Then one of the men said, 'Your father solemnly charged the people, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.'
  • 1 Sam 14:40-44 : 40 Then Saul said to all Israel, 'You stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will stand on the other.' And the people said to Saul, 'Do whatever seems right to you.' 41 Then Saul prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel: 'Give a perfect lot.' Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the people were cleared. 42 Saul said, 'Cast the lot between me and Jonathan my son.' And Jonathan was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, 'Tell me what you have done.' So Jonathan told him, 'I merely tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand, and now I must die?' 44 Saul said, 'May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not surely die, Jonathan.'
  • 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.'
  • 2 Kgs 6:31 : 31 He said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!"
  • Neh 10:29 : 29 The rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to follow the Law of God, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, all who could understand—
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One. 3 Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us.
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 I am forgotten like someone dead and gone; I have become like a broken vessel.
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; protect my life from the fear of the enemy. 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness. 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows. 5 They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear. 6 They encourage each other in evil plans; they talk about hiding snares and say, 'Who will see them?'
  • Isa 8:9-9 : 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. 10 Devise your plans, but they will be thwarted; issue your orders, but they will not stand, for God is with us.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter. I did not realize they had plotted against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will never be remembered again.’
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And they plotted together to arrest Jesus by deceit and kill Him.
  • Matt 26:74 : 74 Then Peter began to call down curses and swore to them, "I do not know the man!" Immediately, a rooster crowed.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!'
  • Mark 6:23-26 : 23 And he promised her with an oath, 'Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.' 24 She went out and asked her mother, 'What should I ask for?' Her mother answered, 'The head of John the Baptist.' 25 At once the girl hurried in to the king with her request. 'I want you to give me, right now, the head of John the Baptist on a platter,' she said. 26 The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 23:13-15
    3 verses
    88%

    13There were more than forty who had taken this oath together.

    14They went to the chief priests and elders and said, 'We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.'

    15Now then, you and the council should notify the commander to bring Paul down to you, as though you are going to investigate his case more thoroughly. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.

  • Acts 23:20-21
    2 verses
    85%

    20He said, 'The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they are going to inquire more thoroughly about him.'

    21But do not be persuaded by them, because more than forty of them are lying in wait for him. They have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready and waiting for your consent.

  • Acts 27:33
    73%

    33As daylight was about to break, Paul urged them all to eat, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you have eaten nothing.

  • Acts 9:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him.

    24But Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

  • Acts 28:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

    18They examined me and wanted to release me because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

  • Acts 22:30
    71%

    30The next day, wanting to know for certain why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

  • Acts 26:21
    70%

    21For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

  • Acts 21:27
    70%

    27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

  • 1 Sam 14:24
    70%

    24Now the Israelites were hard-pressed that day, because Saul had bound the people under an oath, saying, 'Cursed be anyone who eats food before evening comes, before I have avenged myself on my enemies!' So none of the troops tasted food.

  • Acts 25:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2The chief priest and the leaders of the Jews brought charges against Paul and were urging Festus.

    3They asked him as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

  • Acts 21:11-13
    3 verses
    70%

    11He came to us, took Paul’s belt, and tied his own hands and feet with it. He said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

    12When we heard this, we and the local believers pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

    13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

  • Acts 23:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30When I was informed of a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately and also instructed his accusers to state their case against him before you. Farewell.

    31So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

  • Acts 23:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10When the dissension became violent, the commander, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the troops to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.

    11The following night the Lord stood by Paul and said, 'Take courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.'

  • Acts 21:30-32
    3 verses
    69%

    30The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

    31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in uproar.

    32At once, he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

  • Matt 27:1
    68%

    1When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

  • Acts 27:42
    68%

    42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.

  • Acts 25:15
    68%

    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, requesting a judgment against him.

  • Acts 25:7
    67%

    7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

  • Acts 14:18-19
    2 verses
    67%

    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

    19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

  • Matt 26:4
    67%

    4And they plotted together to arrest Jesus by deceit and kill Him.

  • Acts 24:11
    67%

    11You can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • John 18:12
    67%

    12Then the detachment of soldiers, their commander, and the Jewish officers arrested Jesus and bound him.

  • Acts 18:12
    67%

    12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat.

  • Acts 23:23
    66%

    23Then he called two of the centurions and said, 'Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, by nine o’clock tonight.'

  • Acts 13:45
    66%

    45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.

  • Acts 24:23
    66%

    23He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and not to prevent his friends from attending to his needs.

  • Acts 12:3
    66%

    3When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (It was during the days of Unleavened Bread.)

  • Acts 20:11
    66%

    11Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread and ate. After talking with them for a long time, until daybreak, he left.

  • Acts 20:7
    66%

    7On the first day of the week, we were gathered together to break bread, and Paul began to speak to them. Since he was planning to leave the next day, he continued his message until midnight.

  • Acts 27:9
    66%

    9Much time had been lost, and the voyage was now dangerous because it was after the Day of Atonement. So Paul warned them,

  • Acts 26:30-31
    2 verses
    66%

    30The king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up and left.

    31As they were leaving, they began to discuss among themselves, saying, 'This man has done nothing deserving death or imprisonment.'

  • Acts 24:9
    66%

    9The Jews joined in the accusation, asserting that these things were true.

  • Acts 19:30
    66%

    30Paul wanted to go in before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

  • Acts 23:1
    66%

    1Gazing intently at the council, Paul said, 'Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God up to this day.'

  • John 11:53
    66%

    53So from that day on, they plotted to kill him.

  • Judg 15:12
    66%

    12They said to him, "We have come down to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you yourselves will not harm me."