Bible Verses About Intrigue

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

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.

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: