Matthew 2:7

World English Bible (2000)

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

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  • Exod 1:10 : 10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, "You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time."
  • Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. 10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. 5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?" 6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
  • Ps 83:3-4 : 3 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones. 4 "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
  • Isa 7:5-7 : 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying, 6 "Let's go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let's divide it among ourselves, and set up a king in its midst, even the son of Tabeel." 7 This is what the Lord Yahweh says: "It shall not stand, neither shall it happen."
  • Ezek 38:10-11 : 10 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device: 11 and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;
  • Matt 26:3-5 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him. 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
  • Rev 12:1-5 : 1 A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth. 3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns. 4 His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
  • Rev 12:15 : 15 The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 2:1-6
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    85%

    1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

    2 "Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."

    3 When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

    4 Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

    5 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

    6 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"

  • Matt 2:8-17
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    8 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

    9 They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.

    10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

    11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    12 Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

    13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

    14 He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

    15 and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."

    16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

    17 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

  • Matt 2:19-22
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    19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

    20 "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

    21 He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

    22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,

  • Luke 23:7-9
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    7 When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

    8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.

    9 He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.

  • Luke 2:15-18
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    15 It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

    16 They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

    17 When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

    18 All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.

  • Matt 14:1
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    1 At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,

  • Dan 5:15
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    15 Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.

  • Luke 2:6-9
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    6 It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

    7 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

    8 There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

    9 Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

  • Esth 1:13
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    13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king's custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;

  • Acts 12:19
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    19 When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

  • Acts 12:1
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    1 Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

  • Mark 6:20-21
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    20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

    21 Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

  • Luke 2:20
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    20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9 Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.

  • Dan 4:6
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    6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

  • Dan 2:2-3
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    2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

    3 The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

  • Luke 2:12
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    12 This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."

  • Luke 9:7
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    7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

  • Acts 12:21
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    21 On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

  • Matt 1:19
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    19 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

  • Dan 2:13
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    13 So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.