Psalms 2:1

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Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.
  • Ps 46:6 : 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
  • Ps 83:4-8 : 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be remembered no more. 5 For they have conspired together with one accord: they are allied against you: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assyria also has joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
  • Rev 17:14 : 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.
  • John 11:49-50 : 49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all, 50 Nor do you consider that it is better for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.
  • Acts 5:33 : 33 When they heard that, they were furious and took counsel to kill them.
  • Acts 16:22 : 22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
  • Acts 17:5-6 : 5 But the Jews who did not believe, moved with envy, took certain troublemakers from the marketplace, and gathered a mob, set all the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too;
  • Acts 19:28-32 : 28 And when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theater. 30 And when Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples would not allow him. 31 And certain chiefs of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him, urging him not to adventure himself into the theater. 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and most did not know why they had come together.
  • Acts 4:25-26 : 25 Who by the mouth of Your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things? 26 The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.
  • Ps 18:42 : 42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind: I cast them out like dirt in the streets.
  • Isa 8:9 : 9 Associate yourselves, O you people, and you shall be broken in pieces; and listen, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the vine dressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.
  • Luke 18:32 : 32 For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon:
  • Luke 22:1-2 : 1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread was approaching, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
  • Luke 22:22-23 : 22 And truly the Son of Man goes as it has been determined: but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began to question among themselves, which of them it might be that would do this thing.

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    2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

    3 Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.

    4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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  • Acts 4:25-27
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    25 Who by the mouth of Your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things?

    26 The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.

    27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

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

  • Ps 46:6
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    10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect.

  • Ps 140:2
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    2 Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war.

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

  • Ps 83:2-3
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    2 For, behold, your enemies make an uproar: and those who hate you have lifted up their head.

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  • Isa 17:12
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    12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

  • Ps 9:19-20
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    19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in your sight.

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

    2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

  • Isa 14:6
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    6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders.

  • Ps 62:3
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    3 How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You shall all be slain; as a leaning wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence.

  • Nah 1:9
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    9 What do you imagine against the LORD? He will make an utter end; affliction shall not rise up a second time.

  • Hab 2:13
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    13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for mere vanity?

  • Job 40:11
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    11 Cast afar the rage of your wrath; and behold everyone that is proud, and abase him.

  • Ps 79:6
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    6 Pour out Your wrath upon the heathen who have not known You, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon Your name.

  • Lam 4:12
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    12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

  • Ps 10:16
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    16 The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations have perished out of His land.

  • Ps 59:8
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    8 But you, O LORD, shall laugh at them; you shall have all the heathen in derision.

  • Ps 94:4
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    4 How long shall they utter and speak arrogant things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

  • Hab 1:10-11
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    10 They scoff at kings, and the princes are scorned by them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up dust and take it.

    11 Then his mind changes, and he transgresses; he commits offense, ascribing this power to his god.

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    1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

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    8 God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne.

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    24 Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them.

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    11 Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth;

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    21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their idols: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

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    68%

    11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

  • Ps 52:1
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    1 Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.

  • Joel 3:11-12
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    11 Assemble yourselves and come, all you nations, and gather yourselves together round about; cause your mighty ones to come down there, O LORD.

    12 Let the nations be stirred up, and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

  • Isa 8:10
    67%

    10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

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

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    5 The Lord at your right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

  • Ps 82:2
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    2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

  • Isa 34:1
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    1 Come near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O people: let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

  • Ps 118:10
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    10 All nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

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