Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts {are} thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction {are} in their paths. {destruction: Heb. breaking}

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Whose mouth {is} full of cursing and bitterness:

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from {his} bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

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

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from {his} bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

{And it was told} the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed {him} in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. {quiet: Heb. silence}

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

They run and prepare themselves without {my} fault: awake to help me, and behold. {help: Heb. meet}

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see {it}, and eat {it} at her hand.

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, {There is} a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

The words of the wicked {are} to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.