19 Bible Verses About Intrigue

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.

And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.