Psalm 35:20
For they do not speak peace, but devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
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For

Psalm 120:5-7
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! . . .

but

Psalm 31:13
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Psalm 36:3, 4
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. . . .

Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, and plot deceit all day long.

Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalm 64:4-6
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear. . . .

Psalm 140:2-5
who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long. . . .

Jeremiah 11:19
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name will be remembered no more."

Daniel 6:5
Finally these men said, "We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God."

Matthew 26:4
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

Acts 23:15
Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way."

Acts 25:3
to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

quiet

Matthew 12:19, 24
He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets. . . .

1 Peter 2:22, 23
"He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth." . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

King James Bible
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For they do not speak in friendly ways, but contrive deceitful schemes against those who live peacefully in the land.

International Standard Version
For they do not speak peace; they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.

NET Bible
For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they do not speak peace, and they conceive deceit against the meek of the Earth.
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