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Jeremiah 26:11
Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying,“ A death sentence for this man! For he has prophesied against this city, just as you have heard with your own ears!”
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Nehemiah 6:9
For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking,“ They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, God, strengthen my hands.
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Acts 16:20
and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said,“ These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble,
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1 Kings 21 20
Then Ahab said to Elijah,“ Have you found me, enemy of mine?” And he answered,“ I have found you, because you have given yourself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
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1 Kings 18 17-1 Kings 18 18
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him,“ Is this you, the cause of disaster to Israel?”He said,“ I have not brought disaster to Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have abandoned the commandments of the Lord and you have followed the Baals.
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Exodus 5:4
But the king of Egypt said to them,“ Moses and Aaron, why do you let the people neglect their work? Get back to your labors!”
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Jeremiah 29:7
Seek the prosperity of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord in its behalf; for in its prosperity will be your prosperity.’
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Amos 7:10
Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying,“ Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.
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Acts 28:22
But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for regarding this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.”
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Luke 23:2
And they began to bring charges against Him, saying,“ We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”
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Jeremiah 26:21-23
When King Jehoiakim and all his warriors and all the officials heard his words, then the king sought to put him to death; but Uriah heard about it, and he was afraid, so he fled and went to Egypt.Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him, to Egypt.And they brought Uriah from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who killed him with a sword and threw his dead body into the burial place of the common people.
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Ezra 4:12
let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.
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Ezekiel 22:27
Her leaders within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to make dishonest profit.
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2 Chronicles 24 21
So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord.
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Micah 3:1-3
And I said,“ Hear now, you leaders of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice?You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,Who eat the flesh of my people, Strip off their skin from them, Smash their bones, And chop them up as for the pot, And as meat in a cauldron!”
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John 11:46-50
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council meeting, and they were saying,“ What are we doing in regard to the fact that this man is performing many signs?If we let Him go on like this, all the people will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take over both our place and our nation.”But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them,“ You know nothing at all,nor are you taking into account that it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish instead.”
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Acts 17:6
When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting,“ These men who have upset the world have come here also;
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Zephaniah 3:1-3
Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, The oppressive city!She obeyed no voice, She accepted no discipline. She did not trust in the Lord, She did not approach her God.Her leaders within her are roaring lions, Her judges are wolves at evening; They have no bones to gnaw in the morning.
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Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a public menace and one who stirs up dissensions among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Jeremiah 36:12-16
he went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber. And behold, all the officials were sitting there— Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.And Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book to the people.Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, who was the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying,“ Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read to the people and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.And they said to him,“ Sit down, please, and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them.When they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one to another. And they said to Baruch,“ We will certainly report all these words to the king.”