The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. {plotteth: or, practiseth}

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God {is} with us.

Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and {so} get them up out of the land.

And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

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

{There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. {ungodly: or, unmerciful} {the deceitful...: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity}

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye {me} to return answer to this people?

And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, {even} from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent {men} have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. {violent: Heb. terrible}

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

And the tongue {is} a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. {course: Gr. wheel}