Verse 20

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
  • Ps 36:3-4 : 3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 ¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
  • Ps 120:5-7 : 5 ¶ Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.
  • Ps 140:2-5 : 2 Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
  • Dan 6:5 : 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find [it] against him concerning the law of his God.
  • Matt 12:19 : 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
  • Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard [it], they said, This [fellow] doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously: