Psalms 2:1

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 2:2-5
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    2The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.

    3Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us.

    4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

    5Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath:

  • Acts 4:25-27
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    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.'

    27'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'

  • Ps 115:2
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    2Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?

  • Ps 46:6
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    6God is within her, she will not be moved; God will help her at the break of dawn.

  • Ps 33:10
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    10The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

  • Ps 140:2
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    2Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence.

  • Ps 149:7
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    7to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,

  • Ps 83:2-3
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    2O God, do not remain silent; do not be still or quiet, O Mighty One.

    3For behold, your enemies are in an uproar; those who hate you have lifted up their heads in rebellion.

  • Isa 17:12
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    12Woe to the multitude of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas, and the rushing of nations that is like the rushing of mighty waters.

  • Ps 9:19-20
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    19For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

    20Arise, LORD! Do not let mere mortals prevail; let the nations be judged in your presence.

  • Ps 10:1-2
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    1Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

  • Isa 14:6
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    6which struck the nations in anger with unending blows, that subdued the nations in wrath, with relentless persecution.

  • Ps 62:3
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    3Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

  • Nah 1:9
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    9Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will bring it to an end; trouble will not come a second time.

  • Hab 2:13
    69%

    13Is it not from the LORD of Hosts that peoples labor for fire and nations grow weary for nothing?

  • Job 40:11
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    11Scatter the outbursts of your anger, and look at every proud one and bring him low.

  • Ps 79:6
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    6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

  • Lam 4:12
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    12Neither the kings of the earth nor the inhabitants of the world believed that the adversary and the enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

  • Ps 10:16
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    16The Lord is King forever and ever; the nations have perished from His land.

  • Ps 59:8
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    8See how they spew out insults; their lips are sharp like swords, and they say, 'Who can hear us?'

  • Ps 94:4
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    4They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.

  • Hab 1:10-11
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    10They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to capture it.

    11Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on; but they are guilty—this strength of theirs is their god.

  • Ps 3:1
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    1A psalm of David, composed when he fled from his son Absalom.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

  • Ps 47:8
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    8For God is the King over all the earth; sing praises with understanding.

  • Ps 69:24
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    24Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble.

  • Ps 148:11
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    11kings of the earth and all nations, princes and all rulers of the earth,

  • Deut 32:21
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    21They made Me jealous with something that is not God; they provoked Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a nation; I will provoke them with a foolish nation.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11You will destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among mankind.

  • Ps 52:1
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    1For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of David.

  • Joel 3:11-12
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    11Hasten and come, all you nations from every side, and gather yourselves there. Bring down, LORD, your mighty ones.

    12Let the nations be aroused; let them advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

  • Isa 8:10
    67%

    10Devise your plans, but they will be thwarted; issue your orders, but they will not stand, for God is with us.

  • Prov 19:3
    67%

    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Job 3:14
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    14With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.

  • Ps 110:5
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    5The Lord is at your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His wrath.

  • Ps 82:2
    67%

    2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

  • Isa 34:1
    67%

    1Come near, O nations, to listen; and pay attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all its inhabitants.

  • Ps 118:10
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    10All the nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord, I cut them off.

  • Ps 135:15
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    15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.